We humans have a tendency to see ourselves as completely different from other animals, and the way in which large segments of the public continue to reject the theory of evolution is just one symptom of that malaise.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution.
Our species is on the verge of changes that will fundamentally alter what it means to be human... and we are the people driving that change.
Some people will deny anything that displeases or scares them: unusual pain in their chests, unwanted lumps beneath their skin, or the fact that humans share ancestry with apes are a few examples. Another is climate change.
Evolution isn't just a story about where we came from. It's an epic at the center of life itself. Far from robbing our lives of meaning, it instills an appreciation for the beautiful, enduring, and ultimately triumphant fabric of life that covers our planet. Understanding that doesn't demean human life - it enhances it.
Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
Our animal origins are constantly lurking behind, even if they are filtered through complicated social evolution.
I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual.
Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.