What are the differences between animals and humans?

Answer 1

Almost all religions in one way or another say that humans have a soul or spirit, which either goes to heaven (or hell) after death or is reborn into another human. Even when recognising that hemans existed long before Adam and Eve, and that humans evolved from earlier pre-modern species, the Catholic Church insists that Adam and Eve must be seen as different because they were the first humans to have souls.

The existence or otherwise of souls is unprovable and is therefore outside the sphere of science. Science shows that humans are animals, but of special capabilities. We evolved from earlier species, and our distant ancestors were also ancestors of modern chimpanzees.

Our evolution gave us the ability to walk upright, freeing our hands to carry things and allowing us to both see and run great distances. We have fully opposable thumbs that allow us to perform intricate tasks that are beyond the ability of our nearest living relatives, the chimpanzees.

Like all mammals, babies are born with the larynx high in their throat, enabling them to suckle and breath at the same time. However, as babies grow older, the larynx migrates downwards in the throat to create a chamber known as the pharynx, which allows us to make the complex sounds necessary for human speech. The compromise is that we can no longer drink and breath at the same time.

We do not have the largest brains, but we do have the largest brains in proportion to our size. This allows us to perform mental tasks that other species could never master.

Our ability to walk upright, our pharynx, our opposable thumbs and our relatively large brains are essentially what make us different from all other species on earth. Whether or not we have souls is a matter of religious faith.
Like us, some animals can make tools. The only difference is that our tools are a lot more complex. Like us, some animals have a language. The only difference is that their language contain less than ten words. The human specie is the only specie that can philosophize. The human specie is the only specie that practice and understand art. We are the only ones that can write. The human being is the most intelligent animal on earth and it is the animal that has the most influence on the world in the world.

Answer 2

Humans come under animals, so you cant differentiate, but narrowing the category like difference between mammals and other animals, we can get good differences. Humans have the 6th sense, but animals do not have the 6th sense. They only have 5 senses. Humans can analyse themselves, but animals cannot.

Answer 3

Like us, some animals can make tools. The only difference is that our tools are a lot more complex. Like us, some animals have a language. The only difference is that their language contain less than ten words. The human specie is the only specie that can philosophize. The human specie is the only specie that practice and understand art. We are the only ones that can write. The human being is the most intelligent animal on earth and it is the animal that has the most influence on the world in the world.

Note: humans are not just a group of their own, they're animals too.

Answer 4

Humans are rational