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Sounds more like their only hope for becoming slaves in a dystopian future human society...

Better a slave ape that can rebel, hello Planet of the Apes and Monkeys, than an extinct ape.

Or they could be the ones we hand over the planet to when we leave.

David Brin's Uplift saga is essentially about that. Highly recommended.

It's interesting to think that, perhaps, racism millions of years ago is why we even have distinct ape species.