Human uniqueness qualified (if not debunked)

From the New Scientist – six traits found in animals formerly thought to be the sole preserve of human beings.

Really, this is exactly what you would expect if evolutionary theory is right – not sharp breaks between human beings and the rest of the animal kingdom, but differences in degree.

Some Christians still seem very threatened by the idea that there isn’t necessarily a vast difference in kind between us and other animals. I don’t think it’s all that worrying, and I do think we can still speak meaningfully about humans being created in the image of God and having special tasks given to us.

More thoughts on this soon, perhaps.