I understand the point. But it misses an extremely important factor: technology.

Yes, humans have played pretend we were this world's owners/masters since civilization began.

But our toolbox is filled with tech that can literally reverse terraform the climate against us, and we're using it with abandon and without restraint. Add to that AI, CRISPR derived bioweapons, etc. We've gotten to the point where we cobble together yet another means of world wide destruction every decade or two, and we all know we're too stupid and selfish not to for the prospect of short term, individual gain.

They were monkeys with spears and swords, a threat to rival monkey tribes, but in no way the entire species. We are monkeys with nukes and beyond.

"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity"

-Albert Einstein