Nobel Prize, please.
I figured out what makes us Human: Stuff.
Stuff, things, clutter, tchotchkes, gewgaws, knickknacks, baubles, trinkets, toys and whatever else fits in this category.
We all (hopefully) know many animals make and use tools. Many animals build houses or at the very least small shelters.
We also all know (probably more than our own lives) that all animals mate. Some have, er, strange ways of doing it (heh heh I said 'doing it'). Like Salmon for example. Or Sharks.
The one things animals don't do, is build, stuff. Sure we throw balls and boxes and other things like that in zoo exhibits for Tigers and Gorillas. But have we ever seen a Tiger turn something into a ball and bat it around? Have we ever seen a Gorilla get a branch and play sword fights? I don't think so.
So I am presenting this here to you, the first time ever, the reason we Humans are Human.
We, Humans, make: Stuff.
Thank you, and I shall be awaiting your call about my Nobel Prize soon.
In other news:
I figured out what makes us Human: Stuff.
Stuff, things, clutter, tchotchkes, gewgaws, knickknacks, baubles, trinkets, toys and whatever else fits in this category.
We all (hopefully) know many animals make and use tools. Many animals build houses or at the very least small shelters.
We also all know (probably more than our own lives) that all animals mate. Some have, er, strange ways of doing it (heh heh I said 'doing it'). Like Salmon for example. Or Sharks.
The one things animals don't do, is build, stuff. Sure we throw balls and boxes and other things like that in zoo exhibits for Tigers and Gorillas. But have we ever seen a Tiger turn something into a ball and bat it around? Have we ever seen a Gorilla get a branch and play sword fights? I don't think so.
So I am presenting this here to you, the first time ever, the reason we Humans are Human.
We, Humans, make: Stuff.
Thank you, and I shall be awaiting your call about my Nobel Prize soon.
In other news:
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I've seen orca's play catch with a penguin for a very long time, throwing it back and forth between them.
Magpies and other birds actually build little gifts out of any brightly coloured material they can find to woo lady birds.