What Does It Means To Be Human?

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What does it mean to be human?
Humans, scientifically known as Homo sapiens, are species that have evolved and expanded in many of diverse ways but there has always been one question that every human has asked, what does it mean to be human? At a scientific and technical level to be human you need to have started from a fertilised egg and the moment that egg expands is when you become human. This means that you need to be the genetic offspring of two humans. Many people who don’t have spiritual beliefs support this ideology. This reasoning is very similar to a legal point of view.
From a legal point of view, to be human it is required that you be the genetic offspring of two humans but also have taken breaths by your own ability. This view

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