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Top 10 Things that Make Humans Special

Humans are unusual animals by any stretch of the imagination, ones that have changed the face of the world around us. What makes us so special when compared to the rest of the animal kingdom? Some things we take completely for granted might surprise you.

- Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience

Editor's Note: This is Part 2 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved.