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nomadologist
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*sigh*
A pushbike, a skateboard, a pair of skis and a car are all modes of transport, but the car is the only motorised one. So it's fundamentally different from the others, yet still a mode of transport, right? In the same way, there is no contradiction in my assertion that humans are animals, but that we nonetheless have unique characteristics of a fundamentally more unique nature than the unique characteristics of any other animal.
If you look back over my posts in this thread, you'll see I've made it pretty clear what I mean, and exactly what sort of 'special traits' I think humans have that other animals don't have.
So what are these 'better' unique traits? What *single* species can you name that is different from *all* other species in a more important way than having verbal langauge and conceptual reasoning?
You're asking if there's a major objective difference--I can't say that you've sufficiently proven there is.