“The missing link between an ape and a human are we.”

—  Rolf Arnkil

Original: (fi) Puuttuva rengas ihmisen ja apinan välillä olemme me.

Suuri Sitaattisanakirja. Toimittanut Jarkko Laine. Helsinki: Otava, 1989. ISBN 951-1-10961-8

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