| Inheritance of genes separates life from chemistry. Inheritance of knowledge separates animals from plants and microorganisms. [1] Inheritance of capital separates humans from animals. [2] In the same way DNA is an integral part of life, and in the same way the knowledge to live in a particular environment is an integral part of an animal, technology is an integral part of being human. Raise a human in the wild among goats without human culture, without human technology. As long as that human is separated from culture and technology, would an alien be able to differentiate the human from animal? [3] [1] Animal born in captivity can't be released to the wild because they didn't have the opportunity to learn from their wild parents. [2] Hammer, houses, watches, factories, passed down from generation to generation. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_child |