Saturday, February 23, 2008
What does it mean to be human
Evolution, humans, animals and traits
Today I came across extremely interesting posting in a blog of biologist and a vet. The basic idea of this biologist is that there are many traits in different kinds of animals now being slowly discovered that correspond with our human traits. This can be seen as the next piece of evidence for the fact that we really stem from animals and we have a lot in common with them. Actually, we have extremely much in common with animals. Why? Well, the answer is simple: we are animals too, only slightly differently evolved.
A time ago there was a posting in one blog about an article saying that Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior. This, of course, is too simple. If you go to this blog you may find my response there as anonym with the title morality in primates and in other animals. You may also want to read the other contributions there.
I would advice to all who are at least slightly interested in the topics of evolution, and seeking the answer for the question “where do we come from?” to read these both offered links including all the other links shown there. There is a lot of information that can be used for better understanding of evolution, and also of our human evolution. It is also reasonable to follow what is happening on this field on daily basis, as there is constantly new information presented on the internet.
The only obstacle I see is the vast flood of information on this field as it unites several scientific fields, including genetics, epigenetics, neurology, biology, semiotics, memetics, linguistics, neuroeconomics, chemistry, physics, quantum physics, ethology and many others.
Today I came across extremely interesting posting in a blog of biologist and a vet. The basic idea of this biologist is that there are many traits in different kinds of animals now being slowly discovered that correspond with our human traits. This can be seen as the next piece of evidence for the fact that we really stem from animals and we have a lot in common with them. Actually, we have extremely much in common with animals. Why? Well, the answer is simple: we are animals too, only slightly differently evolved.
A time ago there was a posting in one blog about an article saying that Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior. This, of course, is too simple. If you go to this blog you may find my response there as anonym with the title morality in primates and in other animals. You may also want to read the other contributions there.
I would advice to all who are at least slightly interested in the topics of evolution, and seeking the answer for the question “where do we come from?” to read these both offered links including all the other links shown there. There is a lot of information that can be used for better understanding of evolution, and also of our human evolution. It is also reasonable to follow what is happening on this field on daily basis, as there is constantly new information presented on the internet.
The only obstacle I see is the vast flood of information on this field as it unites several scientific fields, including genetics, epigenetics, neurology, biology, semiotics, memetics, linguistics, neuroeconomics, chemistry, physics, quantum physics, ethology and many others.
# posted by Dalibor @ 1:39 AM 
