“Uniquely” Human Traits / New Transitional Fossil
Here are some links so you can go learn yourself up.
Humans are getting less and less special as we learn more about the nature of life. Here’s an article that details six traits that were once thought to be uniquely human. One thing I think they could have added, though one could argue that this falls under morality, is altruism, like that found in vampire bats and (gasp!) E. coli(pdf).*
Also, no matter how hard certain Kentucky-based groups try to deny it, the transitional fossils keep rolling in. Here’s an amphibian that has salamander traits and frog traits. The predictive power of the Theory of Evolution!
*For more info on E. coli, check out Carl Zimmer’s new book, Microcosm, and listen to Carl’s interview on this week’s episode of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe.
, and listen to Carl’s interview on this week’s episode of 
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