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We've stopped being consider animals in the taxonomical sense for the past 4 centuries, nearly.
Even though we are still classified as being part of the greater animal knigdom, and in the heirachy of simians, basically being the overlords of that subsect, we are no longer seen as animals in any scientific sense of the word.
Yes, some 'coy, fun, and smiling' scientists joke around as us (as humans) being the top animals for the past several millenia, but their statement, if held up to strict standards, wuld be seen as wrong.
We are now human beings -- the sentient dominators of this blue planet for an enormous amount of our recorded history, (ie, all of it) up until the point we think we can change it.
So, what was my point again?
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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