"There's been a rise in interest in biological approaches to understanding the human condition recently. Many, if not most of these efforts, attempt to reinvigorate the idea of "Numan Nature". But is this idea feasible in the light of recent developments in the biological and social sciences? Regardless of the answer one gives, the question raises the larger issue of whether "Human" is itself a category worth defending for scientific or even political purposes. I shall argue that the "Human" is indeed worth defending but that much recent thinking and research challenges rather than aids such a project". Steve Fuller is a Professor of Sociology at University of Warwick.