Jim Devine wrote: > > Charles Brown wrote: > >> What distinguishes humans from animals is culture. > > there was an article in a recent issue of HARPER'S which discussed how > different groups of apes had different cultures, some more pacifistic > and others more warlike.
There has been quite a bit of research published in late years on culture (socially inheritable changes in practice) in apes and even among some species of monkeys. The search for a "simple" (one phrase or one sentence) description of the difference between animals and humans continues to be frustrated. Carrol > > Jim Devine
