Mammals

The two friends stared into the silent screen above the bar, some football contest was underway, neither knew who nor cared. Their conversation went from work, to wives, to a documentary one friend saw, describing the topic to the other. "It was interesting how they presented the evidence, it's beyond any doubt, if you follow the science. We came from the apes. You believe that, too, right?" The other friend took a long draw on his still frosty lager, not answering right away, thinking quietly amidst the bar's busy din. "I wouldn't exactly say it that way. No. We don't come from apes.", the pondering friend replied. "We are apes. Still are. Never stopped. We're animals. Specifically, we're mammals, homo-sapien mammals. Apes. We are them." Both friends then just sat in silence, considering that fact, what it meant, or didn't mean.