Robert Sapolsky: The uniqueness of humans

Posted on | January 20, 2010 | No Comments

Do you believe the following list of abilities are unique to humans?

• Aggression
• Theory of Mind
• The Golden Rule
• Empathy
• Pleasure in anticipation and gratification postponement
• Culture

 Then you need to watch this fascinating and funny speech by primatologist Robert Sapolsky:  http://tw0.us/64p 

Sapolsky explains how although we share the above listed abilities with other animals, we act on them to an extreme which the rest of the animal kingdom would consider bizarre – making us what he calls “uniqueier”.

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