No, what sets us apart is the extent to which we can do those things. Other animals have demonstrated a capacity for all of those, albeit to a limited extent.
A very limited extent indeed. Whatever you think of religion, it is symptomatic of all those, and, of animals extant today, only humans have any capacity for religion. (Some of our hominid ancestors, especially Neanderthals, probably had religion as well.)
As for the food chain, humans are not at the top of it. There are animals which kill and eat humans if they get the chance, which are therefore above us. I can't see why anyone would think the food chain relevant, anyway.
