@[email protected] to Lemmy Shitpost • 12 hours agoWe were there monkeys all alonglemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1726arrow-down111
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minus-squarePegajacelinkEnglish9•8 hours agoApes are monkeys, in the same sense that humans are apes.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccentlinkfedilink4•8 hours agoI’m not entirely sure that statement is correct, but it’s been a while since I took any anthropology courses…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•edit-28 hours agoFamily 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.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccentlinkfedilink2•4 hours agoYou are factually correct, the best kind of correct!
minus-square@TyfudlinkEnglish2•5 hours agoIt is correct. I’ve been corrected on this before and did the research to discover I was wrong. Humans are Monkeys.
Apes are monkeys, in the same sense that humans are apes.
I’m not entirely sure that statement is correct, but it’s been a while since I took any anthropology courses…
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.
You are factually correct, the best kind of correct!
It is correct. I’ve been corrected on this before and did the research to discover I was wrong. Humans are Monkeys.
Yeah, looks like I was mistaken.