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Difference Between Primates and People
Topic Started: May 4 2007, 12:47 AM (331 Views)
Kett
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Both primates and people are self-aware. Most people know this, so I won't go into it.

Even though primates are self-aware, they don't always readily work together. This is why they don''t have complex societies. If an adult chimp stops eating, the others try to help it, but don't really do much. They're curious, they may even miss their friend, but the whole group doesn't stop to find out what's wrong.

Why?

My theory is that while primates are self aware, they are not aware that any other primate around them is self aware. They have brains capable of recognizing themselves as individuals, but not recognizing that the primates around them are also individuals.

And that inability to recognize everyone else as also self-aware individuals makes all the difference.
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Kip1
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Primates and Humans are both intelligent species{on various levls mind you}
However humanity has evolved and is somewhat more intelligent than your average ape,whereas apes probably didnt have the NEED to adapt or evolve and have stayed more or less the same
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Killer Bee
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Even though primates are self-aware, they don't always readily work together.


Humans also share this trait.


I agree with your theory on this. Maybe because humans had to adapt to their surroundings to survive and work together is why we recognize everyone as being self aware.
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Rhas BloodBear
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Killer Bee
May 4 2007, 04:05 AM
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Even though primates are self-aware, they don't always readily work together.


Humans also share this trait.


I agree with your theory on this. Maybe because humans had to adapt to their surroundings to survive and work together is why we recognize everyone as being self aware.

That is probably the reason they are stronger then us.
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Mister Sinister
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Primates live outside, Humans live inside.

Primates don't destroy their own habitat, Humans ONLY destroy their habitats.

Primates fight viciously over territories that include such survival necessities as water, food, and sheltering. Humans do it for oil, money and power.
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agafaba
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We do it for water, food and shelter too... we also do it for bragging rights, because its "special" or because we simply need an excuse to pump up industry through war.
In general we fight over territory for any/every reason under the sun
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