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that one of the main reasons humans are different from other animals is that they have no special adaptations?

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Hello John I recently edited this by removal although I didn't state a reason due to confusion of how editing works. Anyway, Humans do have many special adaptations. An example I will use is long distance running. Evidence for this is our unique ability to sweat all over and are relatively hairless compared to other apes which are not active in the way we are. Further evidence for this adaptation are tribes, such as in Mexico, that have been observed hunting animals by running them into over exhaustion. This statement also seems to invoke the idea that human beings are independent of natural selection and that our current body plan was somehow not influenced by our surroundings. Seeing as how current biology is based on evolution this is preposterous. Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.44.44 (talk) 21:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]