Neil deGrasse Tyson
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That's what I'm saying.
This was the weird thing about 19th century anthropologists.
And it's the same thing.
You know, you can't just have your way with the tree of life.
They were trying to put white people at the top, and black people, they were saying, were still evolving.
It's not for you to nip, tuck, and edit, and delete.
They were right next to apes.
And they completely ignored the hairy white people in the world.
I was reading- Wait, that same tree of life gave us roses.
That are more hairy.
Yeah, I take the rope.
They were more hairy.
And puppy dogs.
Yes, than any black person they've ever seen.
Well, we made puppies, but- But I could do without the roaches and the ants.
You said something interesting.