Yes. More or less. It's the evolution of superior intelligence and the invention of culture that separated us somewhat from the animals, but we are capable of getting back there in the wild just as comfortably as the animals are, and you know it. A mere veil separates civilization from the jungle.
Watch these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oVhopPjTNg
And
***That doesn’t really answer the question unless you consider mankind as just another species scrabbling in the dirt.
Yes. More or less. It’s the evolution of superior intelligence and the invention of culture that separated us somewhat from the animals, but we are capable of getting back there in the wild just as comfortably as the animals are, and you know it. A mere veil separates civilization from the jungle. ***
And that veneer (rather than veil) is morality. Humans can show the advanced behaviour of mercy; God is Mercy and Love; animals are not. They have varying levels of instincts, but not deliberate mercy and love. Are you postulating that evolution is not a line, but rather quantum leaps in which different levels of existence are experienced?
***Watch these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oVhopPjTNg
And
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpYRITtLSg&feature=related***
I would ask you to tell me about them; no access to FR at work and dialup at home.