What are the distinctive features of a person? This question is of interest to many. After all, people are not animals at all. They are somewhat different. A person has a variety of skills and abilities, as well as traits that primates do not and will not have. You need to know about them. What points should you pay attention to? What features do people have? All this is not as difficult to understand as it seems. It is enough just to compare a person with ordinary animals. You can immediately see the differences.
Speech
The first feature is legible speech. That is, a person knows how to talk. And in words, and not just sounds. This is due to the structure of the larynx. In primates, it is higher in the throat. This does not allow talking.
Yes, animals also communicate with each other. And even people are trying. For example, through meowing, cats do this. Nevertheless, this is still not a speech, although such sounds carry a communicative function. Only a person can speak meaningfully, clearly, in separate words and sentences. What other distinctive features are there?
Upright
The next distinguishing factor that takes place is upright posture. A man walks vertically and straight. Primates and animals cannot do this. Usually, they nevertheless rely on the forelimbs or do not quite directly hold the torso.
The movement on two legs is typical mainly for people. In the animal kingdom there are also some species that walk on two legs. But, as already mentioned, the body is not completely straightened. Only man is able to walk perpendicular to the ground.
Wool
A person has distinctive features in terms of hairline. Even with the naked eye you can see that many representatives of the animal world are covered with wool or feathers / scales. This was conceived by nature to protect against enemies, cold and camouflage.
In humans, everything is somewhat different. A person does not need wool to escape from the cold, so the hairline is preserved only in some places. For example, in the armpits and on the head. In men, vegetation appears on the face and chest, but the whole body is not completely covered with a continuous layer of fur or fluff.
Man has distinctive features. But which ones? What else is able to distinguish it on Earth?
Brain
The brain is the next thing to consider when considering the differences between humans and animals. And this is quite obvious. It's no secret that a typical representative of homo sapiens has a fairly large developed brain. But this is not the only feature that is characteristic of people.
The thing is that in humans, the brain is structured and developed so that it can be used to the maximum. This allows you to create and reason. Yes, in animals and primates, the brain is also designed in such a way as to ensure safety of life. Only the level of development is much lower. What other distinctive features of man can be distinguished from the inhabitants of the animal world? There are quite a few items that have not yet been listed.
Things
Clothing and shoes are two other features that distinguish a person. It is with their help that people provide themselves with warmth and comfort. This is a replacement for wool. No one else in the living world wears clothes or shoes. They have become distinctive features only for humans.
True, at the moment, even for animals create special clothes. Fortunately, such innovations take place only in relation to pets - dogs and cats mainly. But animals can do without clothes. But people do not. Therefore, do not neglect this paragraph. A man independently makes shoes and things, and then wears them.
Blush
A characteristic distinguishing feature of humans from animals was the presence of blush. It is hard to believe, but only in people does it have a place. Animals, birds and other animals cannot blush. This is a feature that only a person has.
Nevertheless, the appearance of blush is still a mystery to the world. It is not clear why people blush when they are embarrassed, for example. Scientists explain this phenomenon by a sharp rush of blood.
Childhood
The distinctive features of people are diverse. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the period of childhood in humans lasts longer than in primates or any other animals. Human cubs for a long time depend on their parents and are not able to provide for themselves.
But in animals, everything is somewhat different. The childhood of most of them lasts no more than a year. Moreover, during this period, parents usually have time to teach the cubs to survive and live. Learned the basics - childhood is over. A person is considered a child under 18 years old. That is how long this period lasts. True, you can provide for yourself already from about 13-14 years old.
If we talk about babies, then human cubs in comparison with baby animals are dependent on their parents for a longer period of time. About 2 years a person needs to learn how to walk and communicate with their own kind. It takes no more than a few months for animals. So you should pay attention to this.
Breeding
Distinguishing features of a person from an animal consist of a list of factors. What can you pay attention to after all of the above? People have a lot of things that can distinguish them from the inhabitants of the animal world.
For example, breeding can be taken into account. The period of gestation of young people has significant features, puberty too. But this is not the most important thing. It's no secret that animals breed until the moment of loss of reproductive function. This helps to continue the birth. In nature, no one just ceases to multiply, this desire to procreate instinctively.
But for people, everything is somewhat different. The thing is that a person is able to continue to lead a familiar lifestyle, even if he does not feel the desire to reproduce. That is, he has this process is selective. There is no instinct that calls for compulsory reproduction. People in general are able to completely abandon the birth of children, and this is done consciously, or to postpone procreation "until better times." In animals, as already mentioned, this feature is determined by instincts, therefore, there can be no “delays”.
Work
A characteristic distinguishing feature of man is labor. Only people can consciously create. A culture is formed in society, including material values created with one's own hand. Not a single animal in the world is able to work and invent. A person has everything for this: the brain, and special thinking, and hands, which are ideal for using a variety of tools. A completely explainable phenomenon. Animals simply have a body structure unsuitable for labor.
Also, people think abstractly. In other words, it is possible to imagine without particular problems what an object looks like that does not exist in nature. Animals are not capable of this. Plus, a person strives for cultural development. He is able to create, create a variety of cultural values. As they say, labor distinguishes a person from an animal. And indeed it is.
