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Chimpanzees are an evolutionary hair's-width from us.... Now imagine a species on Earth, or anywhere else, as smart compared with humans as humans are compared with chimpanzees. How much of the universe might they figure out?

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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