Human Beings!?

Well, Id say having 46 chromosomes is whats essential to be called a human being. Or more technically, having human DNA. Thats all that is required to be called a human being, imo.

But whats interesting about being human is all the things we can do with those 46 chromosomes. We have the arts, philosophy, science, culture, and so on. Its human behavior which is so compelling. But is it so much different from other organisms? I remember flying over LA and looking down and thinking: is that a city scape or some sophisticated insect hive? The little cars looked like ants and it really put things in perspective.

For me, the cool part of being human is all in the arts. Music, literature, film, drama, and philosophy to name just a few. Its the extent that we express ourselves. Its the way we look at things. Thats what makes us unique as humans.

At my parents, the pet dog gets pouty and depressed when his owners are away (my grand-parents). His ears and head lowers and he usually curls up somewhere to feel sorry for himself. But humans?! We write poems and songs, we write plays, we paint pictures -- all to express what we are feeling. You never see animals gathering socially to exchange stories. They have no lore, no culture.

So its the way we express what we are thinking and feeling that makes humans so unique.

This is a very hard question to answer and not be exclusive in some way. I think there must be an assortment of characteristics that when combined in any way denote humanity.

Good question. There are many attributes in my opinion: emotions (most animals run on instinct), empathy, intelligence, self preservation, ability to reproduce, self awareness, etc. I think it's more than one since animals have some characteristics that humans do.

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Selflessness. The ability to act against our best interest for the benefit of another is an indication not only of our uniqueness in the world, but of our being in the image of the Almighty.

Compassion.

They have the capacity of speech and the ability to be objective.

No other animal on earth has these abilities.

the ability to feel, absorb and understand another human being emotional state, hurting, sadness or happiness

unfortunately one characteris is language and superior thinking, cause otherwise you get preety diverse people, some are moral some totally immoral, some enterprising some totaly dull and so on.

Compassion for another's plight.