Eli5: How come all animals look like each other (ex. You won’t tell the difference between 2 squirrels) but humans differ so heavily? Why do humans have so many unique facial an body features?

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Eli5: How come all animals look like each other (ex. You won’t tell the difference between 2 squirrels) but humans differ so heavily? Why do humans have so many unique facial an body features?

In: Biology

Answer 1

You aren’t trained enough to notice the differences/don’t spend enough time looking at squirrels to notice the differences among them. They probably think all humans look alike.