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A human is a being so vastly complex, just like any other kind of entity, that it would be impossible to describe them thoroughly using a simple thing like the English language. The defining characteristics of what we know as a human being are such that they can only be understood in thought, making any attempt to explain them outwardly a bit of a waste.

However, there are a few things I can explain that may help to define, as best as we possibly can, the thing the makes a "human". Before I start, please remember that this is my opinion and cannot be proven as fact, therefore it should not be taken as fact.

Firstly, all things that are aware of themselves, aware of their own presence, are alive, for they are conscious of their existence as something separate from the things around them. It has been proven that that is the prime characteristic needed for something to be considered a "being". Secondly, since in order to be alive one must be aware of itself, all things that are living are, in one form or another, sentient, sentience being commonly known as the capability for thought. However, it's been debated that in order for a being to gain true sentience, it must have a way of interacting with other beings. There is no set standard, but this is the best possible outline that can be offered.

From this, we can assume that a human is, first and foremost, a living, sentient being.

Now, most of the characteristics that define a human are subtle and, as I stated before, cannot be conveyed in words. There is, however, one prime characteristic that I believe can be explained in some way.

All that is sentient possesses some form of "will". With will comes another ability, and that is the power to create. "Creation" being defined as either the forming of something new, or changing the surrounding matter in some way so as to make it into something different.

Things that posses will can all create on some level, whether it be the creation of thought, idea, physical matter, or any other variable. However, out of all the beings in existence, including those whose existences we cannot prove at this time, humans seem to be the most inclined to create, and also the most able to create. While both lower and higher beings can create, you typically won't find many instances of them using that ability, beyond perhaps the creation of thought and motion. Humans, however, are different. They create almost constantly, and they do so quite easily.

Humans may even create without realizing it, as is the case in instances where a human creates a poltergeist because of some powerful emotion. Just the fact that a human can spawn another independent being such as a poltergeist, merely with the use of it's own emotions, proves that human beings not only posses a large amount of creation power, but also that they can harness that power extremely easily as opposed to other beings.

Taking that into account, one can define a human as a living, sentient being that is inclined towards emotion, willpower, and creation.

Unless, of course, you consider a human to also be a form of spiritual entity as well, as I do.

If a human soul is in a cat,... the being is a cat...
A cat with a human soul yes, but none the less a cat.

Humans are everything we can use to describe them.

Why? Because we, at this moment, are human.

Therefore, we are describing ourselves with a language, context, and culture that we, as humans, created.

Our social structure and the need to destroy each other.

D: It's kinda sad.

I agree with the above statment.

As humans, we view ourselves as higher beings because we value intelligence (capacity to maintain information) overall. Animals, albeit less intelligent, have many admirable traits that exist in few humans.

I find it mean that you classify all humans as nosy, greedy, gossiping snobs.