• Question: What makes us human?

    Asked by jodlington to Kate, Kieren, Nicola, Rowena, Roy on 13 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      The generally accepted idea of what makes us human is our brains – we have a special bit at the front for processing language and memory and importantly self awarenesd. Neuroscientists think this is what makes us intelligent life forms and gives us our distinct sense of humanness.

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      Kate Nicholson answered on 14 Mar 2014:

      You could look at it as purely a classification of our species – just like what makes a rat a rat, but you could look at it as holding a deeper meaning. What do you think?

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