Quick Answer. The function of motor neurons is to release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which are released at a junction known as the neuromuscular junction, that bind to postsynaptic receptors, causing the muscle fiber to respond and result into a muscle movement.
Adapted from The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us From Other Animals by Thomas Suddendorf, out now from Basic Books. Like many a scholar before and since, Bertrand Russell confidently asserts that certain traitsâspeech, fire, agriculture, writing, tools, and large-scale cooperationâset humans apart from animals. Although we appear to excel in many domains, such claims are not typically founded in any thorough comparison.
As a group, primates (including humans) share a suite or constellation of characteristics that differentiate them from other mammals and other animals. These characteristics may be viewed as. evolutionary trends. within the primate group and as such are not developed to the same degree in all primate species.s a group, primates (including humans) share a suite or constellation of characteristics that differentiate them from other mammals and other animals. These characteristics may be viewed as. evolutionary trends. within the primate group and as such are not developed to the same degree in all primate species.