I don't mind when I read an occasional knocking us humans down a peg or two, or the elevation of other creatures in our estimation.
In fact I also find it useful and enjoyable to occasionally point out our
sweaty, butt-scratching animalness. I
have not read evolutionary neurobiologist Mark Changizi's book Harnessed: How Language and Music Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man but his essay linked above, which explains the main theses of his book, shows a most glaring misunderstanding of
culture and cultural evolution on his part.
