No existing form of anthropoid ape is even remotely…

Man is man because he chanced to develop intelligence instead of instinct; otherwise he would to this day have remained among the anthropoid apes.…

— Jack London

Man appears to be the missing link between anthropoid apes and human beings.

— Konrad Lorenz

[We were very lucky that Sean [ Ellis ] researched the film [Anthropoid ] for many years.] We sort of piggybacked on his knowledge,…

— Cillian Murphy

“Quite recently the human descent theory has been stigmatized as the 'gorilla theory of human ancestry.' All this despite the fact that Darwin himself,…

— Henry Fairfield Osborn

I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in…

— Henry Fairfield Osborn

Marriage probably originated as a straightforward food-for-sex deal among foraging primates. Compatibility was not a big issue, nor, of course, was there any tension…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

We're just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we're some 'divine legend' and we see ourselves as some sort of god, thinking…

— Paul Watson

“As I sit, my back leaning against a damp, moss-covered tree trunk, my eyes sweeping the canopy above, my ears straining to catch the…

— Birute M.F. Galdikas

The only option is politeness-remember always that you are dealing with other primates.

— Paul Ford

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price of an…

— Edward Gibbon

I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months…

— Christiaan Barnard

The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight…

— Richard Harris Barham

No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book…

— Christopher Hitchens

Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to…

— Frans de Waal

The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to…

— Robert Anton Wilson