Not so Special and Not so Smart

Most people are uncomfortable with the old "chimps and humans are 99 % identical in their DNA", but Dr. Neil D-T spins in a way that makes that discomfort more tangible.  Since Astrophysicists are the best at making us puny humans feel small and insignificant, it is not so surprising that one would bring home the sci-fi classic "we would be like toddler chimps to the aliens".  Not so special and not so smart...

For a bonus, nice exposition on where the elements comes from making us both banal and cosmic... something I keep insisting on as super-interesting to my own students much to their teenage indifference