We May Prefer To Think Of Ourselves

I Viewed My Fellow Man Not As A Fallen Angel, But As A Risen Ape.

This Gives The Agents Of The Gods A Powerful Area Of Support. All They Need To Do Is To Remind Their Followers Constantly Of Their Mortality And To Convince Them That The Afterlife Itself Is Under The Personal Management Of The Particular Gods They Are Promoting. The Self-protective Urges Of Their Worshippers Will Do The Rest.

...in Little More Than A Single Century From 1820 To 19450, No Less Than Fifty-nine Million Human Animals Were Killed In Inter-group Clashes Of One Sort Or Another.... We Describe These Killings As Men Behaving "like Animals," But If We Could Find A Wild Animal That Showed Signs Of Acting This Way, It Would Be More Precise To Describe It As Behaving Like Men.

The Response Of Teenagers To Their Idols Is Relevant. As An Audience, They Enjoy Themselves, Not By Screaming With Laughter, But Screaming With Screams.

There Are One Hundred And Ninety-three Living Species Of Monkeys And Apes. One Hundred And Ninety-two Of Them Are Covered With Hair. The Exception Is A Naked Ape Self-named Homo Sapiens. The Zoologist Now Has To Start Making Comparisons. Where Else Is Nudity At A Premium.