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What Explains the Rise of Humans?

Source: TED

Other animals have intelligence, cooperation, and the use of tools, but only humans have imagination. This key trait allows us to treat abstract things like money, religion, and nations as though they are concrete, leading to our domination of the planet.

This entry was posted in Finding Common Ground and tagged Culture & Society, History, People on January 1, 2016 by Mikki Gibson.

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