We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and we think evolution makes it even clearer. But it doesn't. It is by no means clear that it means anything at all. Or if it means anything, it means so many different things to be misleading, even pernicious.


The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2009) - ISBN: 9781416594789

Richard Dawkins Quotes

We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and we think evolution...

We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and we think evolution...

We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and we think evolution...

We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and we think evolution...