interesting unique abilities of humans compared to other an…

Humans have a unique ability to throw things due to our skeleton's structure of shorter arms & longer legs giving us a unique stability

Human beings have the best stamina due to our unique ability to sweat.

salivary amylase is much higher in humans compared to all other animals, giving us the ability to digest energy dense starch-rich foods.

Humans have the largest ratio of white part in the eye (sclera) giving us the unique ability to communicate using gaze signals.

Neither animals nor plants can live without vitamin C. We have the genes to synthetize it but they are inactive. This is also the case for gorillas, chimps & orangutans, meaning that the loss of vitamin C biosynthesis occurred around 61 million years ago..

During the 16th to 18th centuries, sailors on a regime of salted biscuits & dried meats suffered from scurvy after 3 months, until they started adding potatoes to their diets.
In exchange for this biosynthesis loss, we gained a better ability to recycle it

This gave us the ability to survive up to 3 months with a diet void of it. Obtaining vitamin C from food & using it more efficiently also used less energy that could be allocated to developping our brains.

Fun fact, dogs can interpret human gaze signals

that's true and I'm sure it played a big role in wolf domestication and our ability to communicate with dogs

ability to throw projectiles is perhaps our largest advantage.