Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That’s human nature.

The statement asserts a minimalist but firm claim: whatever cultural diversity exists, humans—like other organisms—have species-typical, inborn traits. In Chomsky’s intellectual orbit this usually connects to his critique of extreme behaviorism and blank-slate theories, and to his view that certain cognitive structures (notably capacities underlying language) are part of our biological endowment. The emphasis on “intrinsic” properties frames “human nature” as a legitimate object of scientific inquiry rather than a mere ideological slogan. At the same time, the wording leaves open how broad or narrow those intrinsic traits are, and how they interact with history, institutions, and learning.