What does it mean to be human?

99% of the human body is made up of: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.  About .85% of the human body is made up of:  potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium.  The remaining .15% is composed of trace elements.  All of these elements are necessary for life.  Normally about 7-8% of body weight is from blood or about 4-6 quarts.  While blood is considered a highly specialized tissue and is composed of over 4000 different components, the main components are: red cells, white cells, platelets, and plasma.  Bloods transports oxygen and nutrients, gets rid of chemical wastes, maintains body temperatures, and provides immunity protection. 

Each human being is born with about 300 to 350 bones at birth that fuse together during maturity, resulting in each adult having 206 bones, which includes:

• 22 Cranial and Facial Bones
• 6 Ear Bones
• 1 Throat Bone
• 4 Shoulder Bones
• 25 Chest Bones
• 26 Vertebral Bones
• 6 Arm and Forearm bones
• 54 Hand Bones
• 2 Pelvic Bones
• 8 Leg Bones
• 52 Foot Bones

Each human body is born with a head that has 1 mouth, 2 ears, 2 eyes, a nose, a torso with 2 arms and 2 hands and a lower body with 2 legs, 2 knees, and 2 feet. 4 fingers and a thumb are on each hand while 4 toes and a big toe are on each foot.  Obviously, height and weight vary as does skin color, hair color, eye color, and bone structure.  But, we are all human regardless of country and city of origin and we all have 5 senses:  sight, taste, smell, hear, and feel.  We all have a brain with different capabilities.

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None of us were born hating as Nelson Mandela has stated and yet hate has indeed developed within mankind.  Who teaches this hate?  More importantly, who perpetuates this hate?  And, why does it exist if we are all basically (as I have just stated above) the same?

What makes us better than another individual?  What makes someone more righteous than someone else, when we are all the same?  Is it color?  Or, perhaps height or weight or the way we comb our hair or wear our clothes?  And, why can only a few of us change?  Is there some reason why the rest of us do not want to change?

Is it this hate that makes each of us human?