In the novel Ishmael , Quinn makes a distinction between takers and leavers. However, there can be little doubt that in many very important respects humans are very different from chimps and all other species. As Dennett points out, one important difference seems to be the sophistication of human culture. In your reading, Bronowski goes to some length to draw parallels between various intellectual disciplines like science, art, religion, philosophy, and literature.
Science is beholden to data, but driven by theory.
There is a strong correlation bewteen the amount of emotion a species can display, and that species' intelligence.