thechadmaster wrote:
Jono wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
no. But I and the apes had a common ancestor.
ruveyn
a common ancestor which was (in both the colloquial, and the scientific senses) itsself an "ape".
We are still apes.
I say we are several steps up from apes (and all animals really). What other animal has built what mankind has? What other animal has mastered electricity, advanced tools such as ours, stonework? Look at ants, big whoop, the can make anthills and carry stuff into them. Most animals can make shelter for themselves, but have they figured out how to use fire to drive an internal combustion engine?
No, to call mankind an ape is to sell ourselves short.
I will turn my keyboard over to my Bonobo (pygmy chimp) friend who prefers to remain anonymous.
We Bonobos spend all day eating, sleeping, playing, raising our young, and making love to each other. We don't kill each other, or damage the environment. We haven't invented weapons that could end the world. We live in harmony with nature. From what I hear, you Homo Sapiens spend most of your days developing ulcers by racing with rats and stabbing each other in the back. I understand Homo Sapiens literally means rational man. You could have fooled me.
02 Sep 2012, 2:33 pm
