Are Humans Animals Or Not ?

[Twilight Hue]

I.o.w. an inherently silly q.

I would think so.

Every living organism on this planet is an animal and it's quite clear that humans are no exception to the rule.

I do get curious as to what people mean that we are higher than the animals. I'm sure such reasons given will be quite interesting to read.

 

[rocala]

and part higher than animal.

When I think of the slave trade and the holocaust and the nuclear arms race, I have doubts about that. Grave doubts.

 

[Audie]

When I think of the slave trade and the holocaust and the nuclear arms race, I have doubts about that. Grave doubts.

As mentioned elsewhere, Mark Twain
did scientifically demonstrate the anaconda
to be morally superior to the frenchman.

 

[ChristineM]

As mentioned elsewhere, Mark Twain
did scientifically demonstrate the anaconda
to be morally superior to the frenchman.

For you.

The Lowest Animal.doc

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Are Humans Animals Or Not ?

Yes we are animal, a fully fledged member of the great ape family

The alternatives would be vegetable or mineral

FWIW, it occurs to me that no vegetable or mineral would ask such a question.

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

Every living organism on this planet is an animal

You probably know that's incorrect. Your definition of animal is too broad, since it includes bacteria, plants and fungi, which are also living things.

Of course we are animals. That is completely unavoidable since we do the same things as any other creature on this Earth.

Again, your definition of animal is too broad. Animals including human animals don't do what every other living thing does. They don't photosynthesize, for example.

 

[Eddi]

Every living organism on this planet is an animal

That's not true

 

[Heyo]

You probably know that's incorrect. Your definition of animal is too broad, since it includes bacteria, plants and fungi, which are also living things.

Again, your definition of animal is too broad. Animals including human animals don't do what every other living thing does. They don't photosynthesize, for example.

You beat me to it.
Even people who generally accept the ToE can get their clades in a bunch. I attribute that to a lack of understanding of set theory. And especially people who think that humans are "more than" animals haven't understood the concept.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Every living organism on this planet is an animal and it's quite clear that humans are no exception to the rule.

Plants, fungi, amd the most.abundant life form on Earth, bacteria, are not animals.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Plants, fungi, amd the most.abundant life form on Earth, bacteria, are not animals.

Perhaps I should have mentioned all multicellular eukaryotic organisms.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

And just think about how many humans can't drive a stick!

Is that Lancelot Link in retirement?

 

[exchemist]

And if so or not why ? I personally think that humans share lots of similar things to animals but I also know that there are things that separate us from animals so to me it would seem that humans are part animal and part higher than animal.

Yes of course we are animals.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Is that Lancelot Link in retirement?

Probably.

 

[Massimo2002]

I would think so.

Every living organism on this planet is an animal and it's quite clear that humans are no exception to the rule.

I do get curious as to what people mean that we are higher than the animals. I'm sure such reasons given will be quite interesting to read.

Wrong.

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

Perhaps I should have mentioned all multicellular eukaryotic organisms.

You're still incorrect. Maybe you should do a little reading before offering these uninformed opinions. Plants and fungi are also multicellular eukaryotic organisms.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I find the taxonomy to be fascinating in regards to classification of living organisms.

Kingdom (biology) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

6 kingdoms.

 

[Mock Turtle]

As like many, I will go with the evidence, and I find it particularly distressing/annoying/amusing to see so many not even recognising our origins but instead preferring some particular religious belief that might tend to separate us from the rest of life - and rather obvious if such a God had supposed intentions for us (being such wonderful creatures - but aren't), but where we might have created such a God too.

 

[PureX]

Once again a binary question is incapable of producing and honest or intelligible answer. Humans are both physical (animals) and metaphysical (cognitive) beings. We exist as both realms of being with an awareness of yet a third "divine" realm of being from which the others spring.

 

[Quintessence]

Unfortunately, humans are animals. Even worse, humans are mammals. Human society would've developed in more amicable ways if we were plants. Plants > animals.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Once again a binary question is incapable of producing and honest or intelligible answer. Humans are both physical (animals) and metaphysical (cognitive) beings. We exist as both realms of being with an awareness of yet a third "divine" realm of being from which the others spring.

Does this apply equally to our ancestors, and as to what stage of development would this apply - the divine realm, that is?