'El ser' construction?? :S

Question

I stumbled on the definition for 'el hueso escafoide del tarso....

"Hueso del tarso de los mamíferos, que en el ser humano se articula con el astrágalo y el cuboides. ; Anatomía. Hueso del carpo de los mamíferos, que en el ser humano es el más externo y voluminoso de la fila primera."

Ok.....it makes sense until I see this 'que en el ser"......and i see it again....it's uttered twice in the sentence. Could anyone help me to see how this makes sense? :/ I've not seen this construction before and I can't find any documentation on that. :S

I'm glad that I don't usually find too much in the language that I can't eventually wrap my head around. But this I don't understand at all. "El ser" :S and...would there be a "la ser" as well??

Thanks in advance, Redwinedivine

Please fill out your profile so that we may better help you . Bienvenido al fora , buena suerte amiga. - ray76, Oct 5, 2014

All filled out. Thank you. - 001303f8, Oct 5, 2014

ohhh whoopsie :P I shoulda orignally set that I am male on by profile...Well, thank you, thank you for telling me about that! - 001303f8, Oct 5, 2014

Answer 1

El ser humano means the human being- el ser is the being

Wow... That helps a lot! :D So could I apply this to other contexts?? I can't think of anything similar, but are there similar contexts where this construction with modifications would be used? - 001303f8, Oct 5, 2014

Answer 2

Sí, puedes decir seras humanas también, hay unos 50% de la populación humana quienes son seras humanas pero normalmente decimos 'los seres humanos' cuando hablamos de todos.

Thank you for that :D - 001303f8, Oct 5, 2014