Do you believe that humans are animals just like other primates?

[mbarsi01]

I compared us to primates and someone got triggered. It doesn’t go against religion in my personal view, since god created life

We are intelligent animals.

Humans are special.

[NamerOfStars]

We ARE animals, yes (and primates specifically, which makes finding being compared to them objectionable odd in the extreme), but not just like others; we're uniquely able to prevent the damage we cause to the environment. That's why, despite the hysterics, we're actually near the BOTTOM of the environmental-disruption-relative-to-biomass species list.

That's not to say we're not doing a piss-poor job as stewards of the planet, though.

[Caroline91]

So, is that a good argument for not being vegetarian? I mean, I had a hamburger for dinner tonight just so I could do my part towards saving the planet :)

[NamerOfStars]

@Caroline91 THAT? No. The hit to adaptability, however, is another story. The Neanderthals survived Toba by being thousands of miles away in Europe. We survived it by being able to eat almost anything (Neanderthals were obligate carnivores). Every other branch of the human family? Died out.

Vegetarians gradually lose the ability to handle the protein influx of meat; give one a steak, and they'll puke it back up.

[Caroline91]

Interesting stuff. I won't pretend to know as much about it as you do. But, I do think we'd better hope and pray adaptability won't let us down for this next phase of the fight for human survival.

[integrale77]

Yup we're animals we just elevate ourselves above other animals because of our level of intellect, developed language and ability to override our basic instincts and act logically.

Other life on earth just hasn't progressed that far in evolution or just hasn't the interest in wanting to develop further. Though other species has had to adapt to us changing the environment around them possibly affecting the ways they can evolve.

[purplepoppy]

If you want proof humans are animals just watch the news.

[mbarsi01]

lol good one

[Caroline91]

I have to take frequent news breaks.

[OlderAndWiser]

We aren't plants and we aren't minerals. Yes, we are animals at one end of spectrum but we are not light years apart from other primates.

[normalice]

I think a lot of people wish we could go back to living like animals. The problem is they don't imagine the part where they get eaten. They just see how far ahead the rest of civilization has gotten and want to burn it all down to prove that they aren't stupid.

[OfMiceandMen]

We are animals like any other fauna on earth, but we are the only species that can destroy it, so not so intelligent when we doom ourselves and all the other species on earth that don't have that capability.

[NamerOfStars]

::Laughs in cyanobacteria::

[JacobJordan]

Of course we are animals. That is a fact. Just because we are sentient and smarter than most doesn't magically make us no longer animals.

[Flatmanlewis]

Biologically, yes.


Emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually, no.

[Staximus]

We're a bunch of hairless apes. Humans go back to behaving like animals in a live or die or survival situation all the time. We're not as civilized as we would like to believe.

[DrPepper12]

And not all that intelligent tbh. The sooner we realize we're only part of the whole the better off well be. We're not all that.

[jahaims]

It's not a matter of belief lmfao. Humans are factually animals.

[KrakenAttackin]

We are animals, no question.

[Kingofkings1992]

Biologically speaking, yes we are animals