What are the philosophical implications of man being an ape?
>tail bone
>>1942894
That we should take more seriously the idea of animal rights, especially for our closest cousins.
>>1942894
Pic related.
Really it's nothing. the closest to any implications are that we're primates. That's literally it.
>>1942894
Behold! A man!
>>1942894
That humans are hominids. That's it. It's about as philosophically relevant as the fact that we're mammals or chordates. If you think it has any heavier implications, then you're assigning aspects to the term hominid that it doesn't have.
>>1942894
That you should read the Bible.
Humanity are no longer speshul snowflakes that can do no wrong
>>1942894
That we're not divinely special in any way, and that we just happen to have a relatively good level of cognitive abilities. That and we're socially complex, which probably just evolved from the fact that our children suck shit at surviving without caretakers.
>>1943712
>religions that scold people for eating meat on lent believe humans can do no wrong