In an online think tank the subject came up; Are humans unique? Or are humans merely animals, albeit the top of the classification. Further it was reasoned by the think tankers that perhaps a study should be done to settle the question once and for all. Meanwhile a huge debate or rather and discussion erupted over the entire subject matter. Here is an excerpt of the discussion;

"It would seem that most of our conversation is stemming from potential differences in humans from animals or not, due to the brain, perhaps the way it [brain] works or the abilities of the mind [in humans]. Yet still in my observations I see only a few humans with abilities that warrant a second look, but certainly not all. In fact looking at the average human, I see and have seen no difference between animals, their drives and behaviors. However occasionally I observe glimpse in lets say 1% of humans, which makes me want to reconsider that notion of "humans are animals” or presents a cau

It was therefore determined if we are to find out once and for all if humans are special and deserve a separate classification that further study would be needed to find the true and correct answer although one think tanker stated the he believed the answer which would be discovered might be irrelevant if the study was done by humans themselves. So consider this in 2006.