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minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWe’re apes though. Great ones even!
minus-squarePegajace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoApes are monkeys, in the same sense that humans are apes.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoYeah, looks like I was mistaken.
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoGood 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 :)
minus-squareBumblefumble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month 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-up0·1 month agoYou are factually correct, the best kind of correct!
We’re apes though.
Great ones even!
We’re Grapes
Grape apes?
Grape vapes?
Great apes
Great tapes?
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.
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 :)
Nothing wrong with learning.
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!