In Christianity's belief, human beings have body, soul, and spirit whereas animals only have the former two. The human kind differs from any other animals, according to the bible, by at least the following three counts:
1) God made man from dust through a special process and made woman from a rib of man;
2) Man was made according to God's image;
3) Man has a spirit, which is the link between man and God, because God is a spirit.