People are obviously not animals, so why do some people still say that people are animals?

Humans are animals, humans belong to the primate mammals, primate mammals include apes, lemurs and humans, etc., in addition to humans, mostly distributed in warm areas outside Oceania. In general, according to the degree of evolution, it can be divided into primitive protomonkeys, moderately advanced monkeys, and advanced apes and humans.

Definition of animal.

Animals are a species of living beings. They generally feed on organic matter, can feel, can move, can move autonomously, or are able to move things, including people.

According to fossil research, the first animals to appear on Earth originated from the ocean. After a long geological period, early marine animals gradually evolved into various branches, enriching the early life forms on earth. Prehistoric animals appeared before the advent of humans and flourished during their respective periods of activity.

Later, they became extinct one after another in a constantly changing environment. However, animals on Earth continue to evolve and reproduce from the lowest to the higher, from the simple to the complex, and have the diversity they have today.

Scientists divide the extant animals known to humans into two major types: invertebrates and vertebrates, according to the presence or absence of a vertebrate in their bodies. Scientists have identified more than 46,900 species of vertebrates. Including sharks, rays and other cartilaginous fish animals, carp, yellow croaker, grass carp and other bony fish animals, frogs, baby fish and other amphibians, snakes, lizards and other reptiles, chickens, pigeons, sparrows and other birds, monkeys, red pandas and other mammals.

The origin of humanity.

Humans originated from Australopithecus and hominins. Darwin's theory of biological evolution holds that humans are the product of biological evolution, and that modern humans and modern apes share a common ancestor. Based on the fossil material of Australopithecus and hominin that has been discovered, the earliest humans may have appeared 3 million or 4 million years ago.

History of human development.

Primitive society. People mostly rely on hunting, animal husbandry, farming, or manual work. After that, the society gradually divided the labor and private ownership appeared, and the matrilineal clan tradition was gradually occupied by men, and the status of men was improved.

Slave society. Crafts, agriculture and commerce were further formed. Taxes are paid annually to the state. After that, slavery gradually became unsuitable for the mode of production of material materials, and at the same time, class contradictions intensified, so the transition to feudalism began.

Feudal society. There are ** centralized systems, and there are parliamentary systems. At that time, agriculture was at its most developed, and farmers paid taxes every year. The same is true for other businesses, which pay taxes. The development of handicrafts and commodity economy gradually gave rise to the germ of capitalism.

Capitalist society. There is the separation of powers, federalism, republic, constitutional monarchy, and many more. It is mainly based on the commodity economy and industry and commerce, and it is also taxed.

At least some people say that it is normal for man to be an animal, because man is an animal in his own right, because his ancestors were actually apes. So man evolved from apes. And people themselves are moving objects, so they are called animals.

So there's nothing wrong with that.

Although people are different from ordinary animals, such as cats, dogs, tigers, lions, etc., from a more advanced point of view, people are also an animal. It's just that humans have a relatively higher IQ.

First of all, man was an ape a long, long time ago. Then, due to natural selection, survival of the fittest, that is, Darwin's theory of evolution, the apes slowly began to push off their tails. Began to learn, to survive on land, also learned to walk on two feet, and the upper limbs degenerated into two hands.

And the fluff on the body has long since faded. So at this time, people have become what they are now.

So although you have become like this again, in the final analysis, the ancestors of man were apes, so from the perspective of evolution, man is still an animal, but a higher animal.

There is also a saying that man itself is a moving object, so it can actually be called an animal. A moving object has a life of its own, then it belongs to the category of an animal.

For example, kittens, puppies, chickens, ducklings, and geese are all like this. They have their own organism and can move on their own, so they are called animals. Because they can move themselves, but have their own life force, they have both.

Therefore, whether it is from the perspective of evolution, or from the naming of the animal itself, then man belongs to a kind of animal. Therefore, even if man is not recognized as an animal by many people, it is understandable that he is also an animal at a deeper level.

So it's normal for some people to call people animals. After all, the origin of man is an animal, and man can now, in another way, it is also an animal and conforms to the characteristics of animals, so there is no problem with this.

The human brain has two thought patterns, and for illustrative purposes, the author imagines them as two systems: System 1 and System 2.

System 1 is unconscious, human intuition.

System 2 requires us to use our brainpower.

Think of it as a rational mental analysis.

The operational characteristics of System 1 are the result of long-term evolution. This way of thinking is the most effortless, the quickest, and can save your life at critical moments. In the harsh environment of ancient times, when encountering danger, time is of the essence, and rapid reaction and decision-making can maximize human beings to avoid danger, so as to better survive and reproduce.

Evolutionary psychology looks at human behavior and psychology from the perspective of evolutionary theory, and its core content is that all human behavior patterns and psychological mechanisms are designed around survival and reproduction.

The ultimate purpose of a species is to survive and reproduce, to pass on its genes from generation to generation. The same is true of humans, and in this respect, humans are no different from other animals, or even other living beings.

No matter how advanced human beings are, they are also animals, and they cannot escape the laws of nature.

Darwin's theory of natural selection, his highest contribution to evolutionary biology, combines all species into a grand evolutionary tree. Since then, for the first time, all species have been thought to be interconnected.

As you might not expect, recent studies have found that many of the genes in humans are very similar to those of a species called C. elegans, suggesting that humans and nematodes may have evolved from the same ancestor.

Before, we only knew that monkeys were our close relatives, but now bugs are also our close relatives. There are many more interesting and novel knowledge like this, and I will continue to write about them.

The greatest benefit of studying evolutionary psychology is that it allows you to better understand ourselves and human society. The more we know, the better we can improve ourselves.

Evolution has a delay, it's important to remember. Our current psychological response mechanism is in response to the environment of ancient times, not to the modern age. So we are afraid of snakes and not too afraid of cars. In fact, the number of deaths caused by car accidents is much higher than that of people bitten by poisonous snakes.

Due to the strong learning ability of humans and the ability to communicate in multiple languages, there is also a difference between humans and animals. But at the same time, because humans behave the same as animals, humans are also animals.

Because humans have their own minds, can think, and are social, humans are a higher animal. At the same time, it is also the most widely distributed higher mammal.

Because humans used to be forest australopithecus.

Of course, it evolved from apes, oh, how come it is not an animal, look at the hair on the legs and arms...

Man is an animal. Because man's ancestors were animals, man's essence is a high-level animal, but man makes and uses tools and labor. In Darwin's theory of biological evolution, it is believed that humans are the product of biological evolution, and that modern humans and modern apes share a common ancestor.

Man belongs to the eukaryotic general realm of the animal kingdom among living things.

In the animal kingdom, man belongs to the metazoan subkingdom, the posterior mouth animal, the common phylum chordates, the subphylum vertebrates, the general class amniotica, the mammalian subclass, the eumatrian subclass, the primate.

The biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans can make and use tools and perform labor.