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minus-squarePegajace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agoApes are monkeys, in the same sense that humans are apes.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 hours agoI’m not entirely sure that statement is correct, but it’s been a while since I took any anthropology courses…
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 hours agoIt is correct. I’ve been corrected on this before and did the research to discover I was wrong. Humans are Monkeys.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoYeah, looks like I was mistaken.
minus-squareBumblefumble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-216 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-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoYou are factually correct, the best kind of correct!
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…
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.
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!