We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes…

Richard Dawkins
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2004). A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2004). A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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