Essay - Homo Sapiens, Like Any Other Species, Share Certain Determining Features....

Homo sapiens, like any other species, share certain determining features. We are bipedal and walk upright. We have opposable thumbs that enable us to manipulate objects and tools. We ***** advanced language and learning capabilities that surpass those of all other animals. Human females ovulate once every month and the gestation period for humans is approximately nine *****s. Except for differences in gender, genetics, and abnormalities, human beings ***** basic*****y biologically the same. Though some will have straight hair and blue eyes while o*****rs sport curly hair and brown *****, ***** are constructed alike. Our brain chemistry is no exception: all human beings sh***** similar brain features ***** functions, despite the wide variances in personality, behavior, and **********. However, despite these hard-wired similarities among human beings, no one can doubt ***** each person ***** unique, partly due to socio-cultural fact*****. Our biology unites us where our environment serves ***** preserve diversity within the *****. Human ***** are fundamentally the same, but socio-cultural *****ors create the illusion of difference.

However, ***** glimpse into a family or community ***** enlighten the observer to the *****s that exist even ***** a simil*****r racial group. Both biological and socio-cultural factors may differ in human beings. Some people are born with diseases that impede healthy brain or body functions. These abnormalities create unique human beings, despite our underlying similarities. Although a ***** of people will *****are physical traits in common, psychological ***** separate one person from another, ***** in identical twins. Because each ***** learns differently, children within the ***** family will seem vastly different despite *****ir similar appearances. Differences in bra***** chemistry ***** hormones can also account ***** some ***** the differences between people. Mental disorders like depression or schizophrenia segregate human ***** the same way physical maladies and diseases can. Even though human ***** itself does not vary, individual expression varies greatly.

Human ***** is both biologically and socio-culturally determined. Universal human biology creates limitations on ***** actions and determined our basic tendencies to act in certain *****s. For example, most people are like animals in their urge for self-preservation. We all feel hunger, thirst, ***** other signs of discom*****t. But people ***** ***** prone to *****s ***** altruism. ***** ***** who have yet to learn the laws of society tend ***** act in empathetic ways. Yet much of what informs our beliefs and behavior is culturally and socially determined. Learned behavior varies from culture to culture. From an early age, children learn through observation. ***** the neural structures and central nervous systems ***** all people are ***** ***** same, what ***** ***** or culture decides to teach ***** greatly. Social rules and mores are not universal like neurochemicals are; they separate people in***** cultural groups. Gestures ***** behavioral patterns of the parents will be incorporated into the child's personality structure. Although ***** ***** are born with four limbs, how ***** ***** express emotions through body ***** will vary from culture to *****. All healthy people have the ability to speak and create