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Never forget - "Yes, Humans Are Animals -- So Just Get Over Yourselves, Homo sapiens"

Yes, there are those who still cling to the cute concept of our being extra special to some sort of mankind (woankind)
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Some 3000 years ago Greeks didn't understand nature so invented Gods. Today those families are basically gone.
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In this day and age woan (we from woman so woman first. Inclusive also of man) is much more apt than mankind.
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created God, but no. We are pigs, peacocks, skunks, snakes and caterpillars. We have special characteristics, sure, but we can't fly as birds do.

A bit more from the previous post here
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"Humans Aren't the Same as Those Other Species

But what about the fact that humans are undeniably different from all other species that we've met so far? We've got this whole written language thing going on, plus we build rockets and suspension bridges and indoor plumbing (which — thanks, humanity!). It's true. Just like every other creature on the planet, we have our special norms and rituals. Part of what makes us animals is the fact that we have unique behaviors that we can call our own.

Yet we have many other behaviors that we share with our fellow animals. Darwin wrote about this in one of his lesser-known works, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Today, hundreds of scientific studies have offered solid evidence that animals from chimps to rats share the same kinds of emotions and motivations .. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307461459?ascsubtag=d2d161e15ebda3f088f9c895bed9907788849be6&linkCode=ogi&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&th=1 .. that we do."
.. repeat the link ..
https://io9.gizmodo.com/yes-humans-are-animals-so-just-get-over-yourselves-1588990060?IR=T "
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Why the revisit. Just 'cuz, i bumped into this, umm deep look, for any who might like a further little peek into that Darwin's mind

Misconceptions about evolution

Unfortunately, many people have persistent misconceptions about evolution. Some are simple misunderstandings?ideas that develop in the course of learning about evolution, possibly from school experiences and/or the media. Other misconceptions may stem from purposeful attempts to misrepresent evolution and undermine the public's understanding of this topic.

Browse the lists below to learn about common misconceptions regarding evolution, as well as clarifications of these misconceptions. You can also download a pdf of this section.

Misconceptions about evolutionary theory and processes

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MISCONCEPTION: Natural selection gives organisms what they need.

CORRECTION: Natural selection has no intentions or senses; it cannot sense what a species or an individual "needs." Natural selection acts on the genetic variation in a population, and this genetic variation is generated by random mutation — a process that is unaffected by what organisms in the population need. If a population happens to have genetic variation that allows some individuals to survive a challenge better than others or reproduce more than others, then those individuals will have more offspring in the next generation, and the population will evolve. If that genetic variation is not in the population, the population may survive anyway (but not evolve via natural selection) or it may die out. But it will not be granted what it "needs" by natural selection. To learn more about the process of natural selection .. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/evo_25 , visit our article on this topic. To learn more about random mutation .. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/mutations_07 , visit our article on DNA and mutations.

MISCONCEPTION: Humans can't negatively impact ecosystems, because species will just evolve what they need to survive.

CORRECTION: As described in the misconception above .. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/misconceptions_faq.php#b2 , natural selection does not automatically provide organisms with the traits they "need" to survive. Of course, some species may possess traits that allow them to thrive under conditions of environmental change caused by humans and so may be selected for, but others may not and so may go extinct .. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/glossary/glossary_popup.php?word=extinction . If a population or species doesn't happen to have the right kinds of genetic variation, it will not evolve in response to the environmental changes wrought by humans, whether those changes are caused by pollutants, climate change, habitat encroachment, or other factors. For example, as climate change causes the Arctic sea ice to thin and break up earlier and earlier, polar bears are finding it more difficult to obtain food. If polar bear populations don't have the genetic variation that would allow some individuals to take advantage of hunting opportunities that are not dependent on sea ice, they could go extinct in the wild.

MISCONCEPTION: Natural selection acts for the good of the species.

CORRECTION: When we hear about altruism in nature (e.g., dolphins spending energy to support a sick individual, or a meerkat calling to warn others of an approaching predator, even though this puts the alarm sounder at extra risk), it's tempting to think that those behaviors arose through natural selection that favors the survival of the species — that natural selection promotes behaviors that are good for the species as a whole, even if they are risky or detrimental for individuals in the population. However, this impression is incorrect. Natural selection has no foresight or intentions. In general, natural selection simply selects among individuals in a population, favoring traits that enable individuals to survive and reproduce, yielding more copies of those individuals' genes in the next generation. Theoretically, in fact, a trait that is advantageous to the individual (e.g., being an efficient predator) could become more and more frequent and wind up driving the whole population to extinction (e.g., if the efficient predation actually wiped out the entire prey population, leaving the predators without a food source).

So what's the evolutionary explanation for altruism if it's not for the good of the species? There are many ways that such behaviors can evolve. For example, if altruistic acts are "repaid" at other times, this sort of behavior may be favored by natural selection. Similarly, if altruistic behavior increases the survival and reproduction of an individual's kin (who are also likely to carry altruistic genes), this behavior can spread through a population via natural selection. To learn more about the process of natural selection, visit our article on this topic.

Advanced students of evolutionary biology may be interested to know that selection can act at different levels and that, in some circumstances, species-level or group-level selection may occur. However, it's important to remember that, even in this case, selection has no foresight and is not "aiming" at any outcome; it is simply favoring the reproducing units that are best at leaving copies of themselves in the next generation. To learn more about levels of selection, visit our side trip on this topic.

To share - https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/misconceptions_faq.php#b3

And, lol, gotta include this also from the post this one sits in reply to .. it's not from a piece of bread


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... is sure closer to the most probable reality than all the westernized whiter ones i only was shown as a child.

Who are the more honest ones now?"