Re: Are we "special"?

Thomas Clarke (clarke@acme.ucf.edu)
13 Dec 1996 13:33:32 GMT

In article <01bbe84f$fb5f2e40$LocalHost@dan-pc> "Rohinton Collins" <rohinton@collins.prestel.co.uk> writes:
>Thomas Clarke <clarke@acme.ist.ucf.edu> wrote in article
><58mmj8$qo0@news.cc.ucf.edu>...

>> What word should I use to distinguish this ability of humans from
>> the lack of that ability in non-human animals?

>Two words: Homo sapiens

Yes, I guess that does distinguish man from the other animals.

So the question becomes:
What environment lead to the evolution of Homo sapiens, and
what about that environment made it a Homo sapiens favorable
environment?

Tom Clarke