Human?

There is no easy way to explain what it means to be human. Being human means that you are constantly thinking and constantly denying your own thoughts; forming alliances and holding resentment; making the world a better place and at the same time causing its downfall. Humans are dualistic: we have constant forces acting and reacting against every decision we make. Yet, we are able to push through this fault to shape the world, to form it to our own benefit. We form it using our bare hands and endless imagination that has been with us since we were homo sapiens. That is the basic meaning of humans in general; it is impossible to define what every human is for we are all different and we each go through many different challenges and think different thoughts. Now that the meaning of humans is defined, is there a difference between both of its sexes? No, of course not. Why should there be any difference now; what can a man do that a woman cant and vice versa. Surly, as early civilizations were being formed, the men did tend to fight, hunt, work, and provide for his family while the woman, in turn, raises children, cook, cleans, stay at home, and cares for her family. Now look at today and how much we changed. Besides the fact we don't need to worry about hunting and gathering, our roles have been intertwined. Now a woman has all the power to work and provide and the man can, in turn, raise his family. Now our roles are intertwined. Sure there are some differences in us still, like the woman's emotional side and the man's narrow mindedness, but then again, it is not unusual for us to see a emotional male and a single minded female. Now, that leaves us with artists? They are individuals who have mastered the duality of their mind and the outer world and are able to express that through their imagination and their hands. Everyone is technically an artist, but I will have to admit some are better than others. It is not that one can't master the duality, but more likely that one can't express what is in their mind to the outside world. Some find it simple and some don't. An artist is one who believes that his/her thoughts can impact others in one way or another.
            Now, in the statement "Our insistence on cognitive knowing may already have robbed us of some of our capacity for being human." The writer suggests that when we use some of our animalistic instincts we have had since prehistoric times, we are losing ourselves as human beings. Rather than looking at the quote as a bad omen, he may be implying that there is so much more we could do. If we had no instincts, think about how much we may accomplish. We may be able to  think more deeper and wilder. We may heal the world from all the abuse it has acquired through us. When we regain our full humanity, we can become better beings. We may no longer have resentment towards others; we may not have to worry about survival; we may finally be able to express our thoughts with no problem at all. I believe achieving full humanity is a goal we should look forward towards reaching. It is hard, however, for we have used these instincts since the beginning of time.
It may be a hard goal that many of us may never truly achieve, but it should be a goal for our evolutionary path to consider.