> Ok, if we evolved from monkeys, then why do we get upset when a parent takes something from us, or, when you feel bad about something.
You've never been more than two seconds around animals, have you?
My friend's dog appeared to have two primary modes of existence: Guarding his ball and growling, or looking for the said ball. An attachment to possessions and anger - feelings quite similar to human feelings.
> Or even better, why do we humans know that we will die someday?
Because thanks to our intellectual capabilities, we're able to deduce that all living things die eventually? Because of our skills of obsevation, we've been able to witness people die? Because of these capabilities, we've able been share this interesting bit of information for generations?
There's nothing mystical about it besides the ability to observe, record and analyse events, something that humans are very good at. No supernatural force told us that we're going to die; we figured that out on our own long ago.
We don't know if other animals know about their mortality too, because...
> Has a monkey told you lately that he was going to die someday? Can you speak the language of a monkey? lol.
...Well, there you have it, the problem in the nutshell. Animals are not very good at communicating with humans, I'm afraid.
But now that you remind me of it, didn't Koko (the gorilla who learned sign language) say something about death too? About gorillas going to "dark hole" or something? Okay, studies regarding this gorilla were not always clear and we're not sure how to interpret that whole thing, but if it was true, it was pretty interesting.
