I can't help but see the title of this article (and its contents) as implying that, those predominantly opposed to the TMT, here, Native Hawaiians, are primitive, ape-like, and not human.  It wouldn't be the first time that one individual member of humankind has characterized other - darker - members of humankind as less-than-human for the purpose of elevating their own perceived superiority.  

It is incredible that the beliefs/values/culture of a group of people, that led them to brave the unknown and explore the vast uncharted Pacific Ocean (and beyond) is now cast aside as a worthless remnant of a bygone age - as if those people no-longer exist and whose values shifted from discovery to caretaking and protecting that which they had found.  And these people did this for ages before others even began fearing that they would sail off the edge of a flat world.