In 1859, Charles Darwin published his famous research, "The Origin of Species".1 His findings brought rise to the theory of evolution, inferring that humans came from lower forms of life. It is safe to say that if this is true, the organism that which humans rose from would share some traits with humans. Which brings rise to this question, is human nature distinct from other forms of life? In order to answer this question, the term "human nature" must first be defined. Webster dictionary defines it as "the nature of humans; especially: the fundamental disposition and traits of humans."2 Response to death, communal nature, collaboration, the ability to create, and the ability to appreciate beauty are all traits of many that's can be used to prove aspects of human nature are shared by other animals.
Humans, as a species, have practiced death rituals for hundreds of years. In the Jewish community, a member of the chevra kadisha, a holy society that prepares and protects the bodies of those who have passed away, stays with the body reciting scripture from the bible. In Tibet, many of the indigenous people practice sky burial, jhator, where the body is placed on a mountain where it is consumed by wild animals.3 Death rituals are very common throughout humanity and occasionally appear in the behaviors of other animals.
When a crow dies, a very peculiar thing happens. All of the crows in the area will come sit in the tree closest to the body of the dead crow. They will call out for hours, as if they were mourning for the dead crow.4 Elephants also have a death ritual. If an elephant dies, they will inspect the body and prod it with their trunk. Even elephants of different herds will inspect the body as they pass by.5 Clearly at least some animals have a sense of respect for the end of a life, but these animals are more communal in nature. A communal nature is the want for humans to live in communities.
Tripping Supreme Beings are divinities whose nature reveals a unique quality of being generally, a transcendent spiritual power. ... Divinities show a unique spiritual power. ... A precious being with no flaws. ... Nikki Giovanni is saying that she is the original human being. ... And in the poem she is referring to Africa, the location of the original human beings. ...
We come to know and experience the lives of the Houyhnhnms, the Yahoos, Human Beings in the European world, and Gulliver. The way each being lives is uniquely different and yet similar to each other in a way. ... Even when he was exiled from their country and made it safely home to England with the help of a good human being, Don Pedro, who he treated as if he was inferior to him. ... But all in reality, he was just like a Yahoo in that he was a human being, so he was doing harm to himself and his human race and he did not even know it and just did not see it. ... But to live through r...
Despite the possibilities involved in cloning human beings, cloning is proven to be inefficient, violates religious ethics, and intrudes upon human dignity. ... Judeo-Christians believe that the creation of human beings in the image of God (Gen. 1.27-28) exposes the portrait of man and how God gave man the ability to bear children. ... Accordingly, cloning will jeopardize the sense of uniqueness and individuality of a clone. ... According to Robert Wachbroit, "Regardless of the reason that someone has a clone produced, the result would nevertheless be a human being with all the rights and ...
Most important of all, it's unethical to clone a human being. ... It is unethical to clone a human being and it's immoral. Some may say cloning takes away individual uniqueness and dignity. ... The individual may be a human clone but he or she also has a heart and mind just as normal human being. ... Most important of all cloning a human being is immoral and unethical. ...
The human genome is composed of about 50,000 to 100,000 genes located on 23 pairs of chromosomes in a human cell. ... Though each person has a unique set of DNA the difference in a given pair of samples is less than 1 percent making the differences pale in comparison to the similarities. The Human Genome Project is an international collaboration of scientists who's goal is to gain a basic understanding of the genetic blueprint of a human being. ... Today there is a lot of research being done under the umbrella of the Human Genome Project. ... As of early 1999 the Human Genome Project was ...
The human genome is composed of about 50,000 to 100,000 genes located on 23 pairs of chromosomes in a human cell. ... Though each person has a unique set of DNA the difference in a given pair of samples is less than 1 percent making the differences pale in comparison to the similarities. The Human Genome Project is an international collaboration of scientists who's goal is to gain a basic understanding of the genetic blueprint of a human being. ... Today there is a lot of research being done under the umbrella of the Human Genome Project. ... As of early 1999 the Human Genome Project was ...
This information constitutes the basic set of inherited "instructions" for the development and functioning of a human being. ... Changes in the sequence of the DNA that change diseases are being found almost daily. ... A DNA fingerprint is more accurate than a real fingerprint in identifying an individual and is increasingly being used in courts. ... All these issues are being studied by biologists and ethicists and the answers are still being collected. ... It also will begin research into many of the traits that are unique to humans. ...
