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Rules for Humanity - Presentation
The document discusses what makes humans unique compared to other animals, emphasizing language, reasoning, and the ability to pass down knowledge as key distinguishing features. It highlights various human traits such as upright posture, extraordinary brains, and the use of tools that contribute to our advanced intelligence. The text also explores the evolution of human characteristics, including social behavior and the control of fire, which have significantly influenced human development.
Rules for Humanity - Presentation
- 1. Project: Rules ForHumanity Muhammad Shahidul Islam Roll No: 12310145 Department: CSE 1
- 2. 2 Contents WhatMakes Humans Different From Other Animals? Animal Intelligence And The Evolution of the Human Mind. What Does it Mean to be Human?
- 3. What makes humansdifferent from other animals? Language, writing, reasoning. All animals have language, but do they communicate to others. No animal writes or draws. This three are probably the most important that distinguishes humans from other animals. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090901092720AAxA5lR http://www.livescience.com/33376-humans-other-animals-distinguishing-mental-abilities.html
- 4. 4 One isCommunication They have a sophisticated language and can effectively speak and others can understand. This means that information can be easily shared. Other animals may have a language but it is not sophisticated.
- 5. Second is Reasoningand Conscience 5 ""YYoouu If you ever looked at other animals, they don't know better than to steal. Whenever the most of us steal or murder, it gives us an uneasy feeling. It doesn’t really happen in almost all animals, if not all.We can also reason far beyond what other animals can.
- 6. Third is theability to pass down technology and build upon it. 6 Think about it. Do you think that chimpanzees will think about using a stick, and then the next generation sharpens the stick from what they've learned from their ancestors? Then the next one would probably attach rocks...no. Only humans can do this. This has in a way to do with communication but again it also differs.
- 7. Animal Intelligence andthe Evolution of the Human Mind. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/intelligence-evolved/
- 8. 8 As faras we know, no dog can compose music, no dolphin can speak in rhymes, and no parrot can solve equations with two unknowns. Only humans can perform such intellectual feats, presumably because we are smarter than all other animal species—at least by our own definition of intelligence. Thus, researchers have tried to identify unique features of the human brain that could account for our superior intellectual abilities. But, anatomically, the human brain is very similar to that of other primates because humans and chimpanzees share an ancestor that walked the earth less than seven million years ago.
- 9. What Does itMean to be Human? 1. Upright Posture 2. Extraordinary Brains 3. Hands 4. Clothing 5. Blushing 6. Long Childhoods 7. Fire 8. Social Life http://www.livescience.com/15689-evolution-human-special-species.html http://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics
- 10. Upright Posture Humansare unique among the primates in how walking fully upright is our chief mode of locomotion. This frees our hands up for using tools. 10
- 11. Extraordinary Brains Withouta doubt, the human trait that sets us apart the most from the animal kingdom is our extraordinary brain. Humans don't have the largest brains in the world — those belong to sperm whales. We don't even have the largest brains relative to body size — many birds have brains that make up more than 8 percent of their body weight, compared to only 2.5 percent for humans. Yet the human brain, weighing only about 3 pounds when fully grown. 11
- 12. Hands The humanopposable thumb is longer, compared to finger length, than any other primate thumb. This long thumb and its ability to easily touch the other fingers allow humans to firmly grasp and manipulate objects of many different shapes. The human hand can grip with strength and with fine control, so it can throw a baseball or sign a name on the dotted line. 12
- 13. Clothing Humans maybe called "naked apes," but most of us wear clothing, a fact that makes us unique in the animal kingdom, save for the clothing we make for other animals. The development of clothing has even influenced the evolution of other species — the body louse, unlike all other kinds, clings to clothing, not hair. 13
- 14. Blushing Humans arethe only species known to blush, a behavior Darwin called "the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions." It remains uncertain why people blush, involuntarily revealing our innermost emotions. The most common idea is that blushing helps keep people honest, benefiting the group as a whole. 14
- 15. Long Childhoods Humansmust remain in the care of their parents for much longer than other living primates. The question then becomes why, when it might make more evolutionary sense to grow as fast as possible to have more offspring. The explanation may be our large brains, which presumably require a long time to grow and learn. 15
- 16. Fire The humanability to control fire would have brought a semblance of day to night, helping our ancestors to see in an otherwise dark world and keep nocturnal predators at bay. The warmth of the flames also helped people stay warm in cold weather, enabling us to live in cooler areas. And of course it gave us cooking, which some researchers suggest influenced human evolution — cooked foods are easier to chew and digest, perhaps contributing to human reductions in tooth and gut size. 16
- 17. Social Life Sharingfood, caring for infants, and building social networks helped our ancestors meet the daily challenges of their environments. 17
- 18. Reference https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index? qid=20090901092720AAxA5lR http://www.livescience.com/33376-humans-other-animals-distinguishing- mental-abilities.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/intelligence-evolved/ http://www.livescience.com/15689-evolution-human-special-species. html http://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics 18
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Editor's Notes
- #3 Develop plans of action to achieve each of your goals. Together these plans comprise your strategy to bring you from the As Is to the Should Be. Each plan should be specific, including who is responsible for each part, and how all the parts fit together. Use multiple slides if necessary.
- #4 Develop plans of action to achieve each of your goals. Together these plans comprise your strategy to bring you from the As Is to the Should Be. Each plan should be specific, including who is responsible for each part, and how all the parts fit together. Use multiple slides if necessary.
- #5 Once you’ve communicated where you want to go, estimate how close you are to achieving the vision. Identify strengths of the organization. Also note areas where improvements must be made to bring you closer to the vision. Be sure to include the “As Is” of leadership strengths and areas for improvement. Organizations don’t change, people do.
- #6 Once you’ve communicated where you want to go, estimate how close you are to achieving the vision. Identify strengths of the organization. Also note areas where improvements must be made to bring you closer to the vision. Be sure to include the “As Is” of leadership strengths and areas for improvement. Organizations don’t change, people do.
- #7 Once you’ve communicated where you want to go, estimate how close you are to achieving the vision. Identify strengths of the organization. Also note areas where improvements must be made to bring you closer to the vision. Be sure to include the “As Is” of leadership strengths and areas for improvement. Organizations don’t change, people do.
- #8 Once you’ve communicated where you want to go, estimate how close you are to achieving the vision. Identify strengths of the organization. Also note areas where improvements must be made to bring you closer to the vision. Be sure to include the “As Is” of leadership strengths and areas for improvement. Organizations don’t change, people do.
- #9 Once you’ve communicated where you want to go, estimate how close you are to achieving the vision. Identify strengths of the organization. Also note areas where improvements must be made to bring you closer to the vision. Be sure to include the “As Is” of leadership strengths and areas for improvement. Organizations don’t change, people do.
- #10 Once you’ve communicated where you want to go, estimate how close you are to achieving the vision. Identify strengths of the organization. Also note areas where improvements must be made to bring you closer to the vision. Be sure to include the “As Is” of leadership strengths and areas for improvement. Organizations don’t change, people do.