Actually, if you've been following the news or read history (WWII comes to mind), you'll see that our species is capable of things that a monkey would never do.
i don't follow the news, nor do i read the internet.
To paraphrase Jonas Acme, fair-haired pharaoh of American Industry---
(In stentorian, pontificating voice:)
"The human brain,
is so powerful,
that it can only be used,
for good or evil."