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Desmond Morris1 quote
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. — Desmond Morris · 1967Quintus Ennius1 quote
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us. — Quintus Ennius · 45 BC