Is Man Just Another Animal? - Professor Steve Jones
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- Many people agree with Gilbert and Sullivan that Darwinian man, though well behaved is nothing but a monkey shaved. The recent discovery that we share around 95% of our DNA sequence with our closest relative suggests that there may be some truth in that statement. A closer look shows that almost all the physical changes that have taken place in our bodies since the split from our common ancestor seven million years ago involve loss - we are bald, with weak muscles, and lack characteristics found in our relatives. Most remarkable, we are the only creature unable to survive on raw food. Eat an uncooked diet and in the end you will die. Our guts have been so reduced and our digestive enzymes so enfeebled that we depend on an external stomach, a frying pan or microwave, to stay alive. In just one organ, the brain, we have gained in comparison to the chimpanzee; and its improvements are striking indeed.
This lecture will explore why mankind is much more than just another animal.
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The second lecture of Professor Steve Jones on this channel - and both are on my bookmarked list of the very best lectures. May I ask for 10-20 more from this man? ;-)
You're in luck Michael, we'll be welcoming Professor Jones back for another lecture this year. We'll be filming on the 19th Feb 2013.
The lecture is titled 'Snails in Art and the Art of Snails'.
Excellent talk by Steve Jones,
I will have to watch more lectures by Professor Jones, since it was captivating; yet, I felt a little hurting and sad when he talked about dogs like that. I'm thankful to Gresham College for all the uploads.
What an excellent, well-presented, informative and interesting lecture.
Short answer: Yes.
thanks for the upload. the talk was quite insightful.
Very fascinating. Thanks!
I'm just sorry that I only came to this video and this man now. I feel terribly sad that it wasn't sooner. For the first time I have understood an entire dialogue... I should add that I consider myself of low intelligence but, even so, I understood. I can only say, what a teacher he is and that I have learned many things today.
I just want to add how much I enjoy his humour.
The way you formulate and the things you say , dear Heron's War , by no means give *me* the impression that you'd be of low intelligence .
Socrates supposedly once said : "The more i learn , the more i realise that i know very little" .
Conclusion : i consider you a wise person .
Superb!.
We are a nasty destructive filthy and spiteful little animal, totally consumed with how clever we think we are. In fact we are so self consumed by how wonderful we are that we are sleepwalking into oblivion. We crap on about `saving the planet`. The planet does not need saving, its we that need saving. The planet can look after itself and will do. Just because we havent, yet, come across anything that by `our lofty standards`, is smarter than us doesnt mean there is nothing out there.
We're also too quick to criticize, usually without offering any real solutions or help.
And we tend to get angry and hateful when conveying a simple point, for basically no reason.
I absolutely agree with that statement. (sorry it's taken 10 months or so, but I have only just come across this series of videos on YT)
I doubt Prof. Jones would disagree - but you seem to be rather on the wrong tack.
Humans are the another animal no doubt what so ever .
Yes, it is so obvious
Lol 6 months dead on raw? I personally know dozens of people who are thriving on a raw diet and have been for many years. Not my personal choice, but definitely not lethal :D
Thank you for a very interesting and informative presentation on the progress of humanity and comparison with other forms of creation. When we investigate this in detail we find we were barbaric through all known records - survivors - adaptable - had intelligence enough to learn to our advantage - the ability to breed rapidly - overcome obstacles - and progress to what we see as modern fair and advanced civilisation in today's world.????
do natives of cold climates (inuit/eskimo) not live on raw meat? maybe im wrong here....
No they eat a kind of bread, fermented food (fish) and boiled food. Their diet if composed of more raw food (fish/meat) than that of the average occidental though.
CyrilleParis, “a kind of bread” made of what?
The body design features of humans and chimps are similar, but this just shows common design, not common ancestry. Sorry but I've been subject to Darwinian rhetoric all my life and yet I don't find it convincing.
Hi Sean. I am Paul here in the UK. I read your comment with regard to this video with a "I feel sorry for him" kind of feeling.
I honestly do not wish to offend you in anyway, but since viewing this video and making your comment (over a year ago), I sincerely hope that you taken time to really educate in the beauty of Evolution. It is more mind-blowing in reality than any verse, scripture or dogma can ever convey.
It is simply beautiful regarding the evolution of all life on this wonderful planet we call Earth.
ooooops, I missed out the word "really educate YOURSELFin the bauty...." in the sentence above.
It's a pity you have been subject to only rhetoric about evolution. Try some science about evolution, and I'm sure you will be convinced if you really appply yourself to understanding it.
Gareth Bale proves that evolution theory is correct.
Fine humorous talk... Seems man's a 3 fold composite: animal (physical), human (mental) angel (spiritual). "The human body is like animals subject to nature's laws. But man is endowed with a second reality, the rational or intellectual reality; and the intellectual reality of man predominates over nature. Yet there is a third reality in man, the spiritual reality." - `Abdu'l-Bahá
16:53 genes are language (to what is god?)
20:20 you gotta shave a marble block to create a statue
37:50 brain is expensive. For language. 43:05 “genetics is a language. Evolution is the grammar of that language” wow. 43:42 fly antenna function gene fox p2 46:50 language and art are in many ways like genetics because they pass on information and change the way we think. 48:50 language as evolutoin
We're Animal & Angel... "We must therefore labour to destroy the animal condition, till the meaning of humanity cometh to light." ~ Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Faith
Man has a dual nature: "In his material aspect he expresses untruth, cruelty and injustice; all these are the outcome of his lower nature. The attributes of his Divine nature are shown forth in love, mercy, kindness, truth and justice, one and all being expressions of his higher nature." ~ Baha'i Faith
A college professor, with a straight face, told these students that farming began in the Middle East/Anatolia, 10K year’s ago. Wow, just wow.
He just skipped Egypt, which is located in Africa. Both language & farmer began in Africa, & many other things that are in use to today.
Not true.
cant live on raw foods??? thats incorrect.
You can live on 100% raw food only with a carefully balanced diet. If not, you are in a great danger of having deficiencies. "raw food" has been in fashion since a few years now and what I see on the internet are either a lot of disapointed people, some testimonies of people getting ill and a lot of ads for "miracle cures" or "secrets of well being". Very few happy people. Most (all?) positive testimonies that I saw are from people eating more raw food, but not 100% raw food.
Darwin was not a atheist in fact he was annoyed by those who tried to claim he was,in fact toward the end of his life he considered himself a agnostic.
speed the video up a bit and listening to him is a bit less of an agony-try 1.25
Yes. Now, let's move to more interesting question.
You can't know what a language was like if there are neither recordings of it being spoken or writing. PIE is simply a speculation and shouldn't be seen as anything more.
It is much more than a mere speculation. PIE has been reconstructed applying the comparative method which has been proven right with the existing langages we have. Of course you can never be sure about what it was like that without recodings or writings, but what we have is a good inferrence, one which will never be tested, but not a mere speculation.
Ah, the simple mind.
Evolution, an evidence, for sure. Darwinism, as a theory: something much less evident. Mutations do add complexity and diversity over time, but how it comes that they are so, how to put that, "solid" in what they produce? Chance and utility do not explain all of this beautiful architecture. Even less when it comes to proper human realities, like language and culture.
it's not chance...
and yes it is explaining art and language.....but it dosen't explain why are you making this " reality " argument
lame. think about were we are going not were we have been.