“You are hierarchical. That's the older and more entrenched characteristic. We saw it in your closest animal relatives and in your most distant ones. It's a terrestrial characteristic. When human intelligence served it instead of guiding it, when human intelligence did not even acknowledge it as a problem, but took pride in it or did not notice it at all... That was like ignoring cancer.” HumansProblemAnimalSawsPrideCancerAcknowledgeCharacteristicsClosestHuman Intelligence Author:Octavia Butler
“Molecular genetics can show off some surprising relationships like, for example, the close relationship of whales to hippopotamuses, which I think nobody ever guessed until molecular data was looked at. The closest relatives of whales are hippopotamuses, even closer than any other cloven-hoofed animals.” ThinkingShowsAnimalExampleDataSurprisingClosestGeneticsWhalesShowing OffClose RelationshipHippopotamus Author:Richard Dawkins
“Humans cannot produce viable offspring with our closest animal cousin: the chimpanzee. We cannot impregnate a chimp. So you know what that means? No condoms.” KnowsHumansMeanAnimalProduceClosestCousinOffspringCondomChimpanzees Author:Chris Hardwick