The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and bigheaded thing to say, wisdom being one of our least evident features. In reality, we are Pan narrans, the storytelling chimpanzee.
- Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
- Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
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