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Topic	Why aren't the other great apes considered human?
DoctorPiranha3 04/11/17 1:03:21 PM #9:	weapon_d00d816 posted... Well the fact that they are from different genuses (geni? genera?) is a big part of it. These similarities don't say they are human, they say humanity is less unique. These are traits of all great apes rather than human traits. Those are merely just labels. There are no "genuses" in nature, just a variety of different genetic traits thanks to branches in evolution. itachi15243 posted... Different number of chromosomes Why is that the determining factor on what makes a species unique? It's not like a human popped out of thin air one day and was like "Yup, I've got different chromosomes!" It's a slow evolution over time. Even if our genetics are different, they're still quite similar, and the traits we thought were uniquely human are possessed by the other great apes. I mean, not even me and you have the same genes, yet we're the same species, supposedly. That's what evolution is, it produces a different result with every offspring. <cite>DoctorPiranha3 posted [p:876986012] in Why aren't... [t:75225157]...</cite> <quote><cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote>Well the fact that they are from different genuses (geni? genera?) is a big part of it. These similarities don't say they are human, they say humanity is less unique. These are traits of all great apes rather than human traits.</quote> Those are merely just labels. There are no "genuses" in nature, just a variety of different genetic traits thanks to branches in evolution. <cite>itachi15243 posted...</cite> <quote>Different number of chromosomes</quote> Why is that the determining factor on what makes a species unique? It's not like a human popped out of thin air one day and was like "Yup, I've got different chromosomes!" It's a slow evolution over time. Even if our genetics are different, they're still quite similar, and the traits we thought were uniquely human are possessed by the other great apes. I mean, not even me and you have the same genes, yet we're the same species, supposedly. That's what evolution is, it produces a different result with every offspring.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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