• Pegajace
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    173 months ago

    Apes are monkeys, in the same sense that humans are apes.

    • FartsWithAnAccent
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      63 months ago

      I’m not entirely sure that statement is correct, but it’s been a while since I took any anthropology courses…

      Edit: I was wrong and remembered the tree incorrectly.

      • @[email protected]
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        3 months ago

        Family tree of primates. As you can see, old world monkeys and new world monkeys share their last common ancestor with the apes. That means that phylogenetically, that if they are both monkeys, then so are all the apes.

      • jackeryjoo
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        63 months ago

        It is correct. I’ve been corrected on this before and did the research to discover I was wrong. Humans are Monkeys.

          • jackeryjoo
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            23 months ago

            Good on you for realizing it. It was difficult for me to admit I was wrong when it happened to me as well, so I feel your confusion/pain :)