A community oriented yet selfish animal, with the power of higher reasoning, capable of education without the need for making the requisite mistakes of it's predecessor's (though they often do so, anyway) through common language, gesture, and other societal norms.
Alternatively, what might the facetious pseudo-philosophical curmudgeons say? Maybe:
Semi-self-supporting sacks of self-righteous protoplasm, most of whom don't understand how interdependent they are -- not only with each other, but within the very environment in which they exist -- it is surprising the species has survived the last millennium or two...