Can U class an Animal as a Human Animal?

Question

Big argument twixt me and me m8 I beleve that there is nothing worng with calling an Animal a Human Animal. I say that seeing as we evolved from a common stock it is perfectly fine to call a animal "A human Animal"..

My m8 disagrees and says"u can't call an animal human because human is a word used to seperate the groups from animal and human and i am not suggesting humans aren't animals but animals aren't human"

Answer 1

A human is a member of the set of organisms called animals.  Therefore, a human is an animal.   However, there are other animals that are not human.  That is, you can call a human an animal, but you cannot call other animals human.  

By analogy, you can call a Brit a European, but you cannot call all Europeans Brits.

Answer 2

You cant call it a human animal cos thats a contradiction in itself. A human is what describes us - animal is what describes the other species. The difference being our application of our intelligence.

Answer 3

Humans are animals and human like animals are called hominids

Answer 4

your friend is right its not a human though is it ist the name that separates us

Answer 5

Humans are animals but not all animals are human. Chevrolets are cars but not all cars are chevrolets. We are animals in th phylum chordata sub-phylum vertebrata, class mammalia...People want to make humans "special " but we are an animal , more evolved in intelligence but an animal nonetheless.