Who said "What separates humans from animals? Humans can tell stories"?

Question

... or something along those lines??

Answer 1

"When Animals Speak: Advanced Interspecies Communications" by Penelope Smith, page 14:

"An American woman, researching Australian aboriginal life, asked an aboriginal woman about how humans differ from animals. The aborigine explained, with disbelief at the other's ignorance, that we are the ones who can tell all the others' stories."

Answer 2

I am not certain, but I believe it may have been the author of this book: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13339.html

"Hommo Narrans", the Latin title, refers to the fact that humans, by definition, "narrate" (tell stories).