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minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 天前He’s saying we’re not apes, they’re our cousins. We’re all descendents of a common primate. But apes are their own thing.
minus-squarewhotookkarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 天前Afaik Apes are a thing humans are included under. The apes are the family Hominidae great apes and include the currently alive primates humans, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and the lesser apes, gibbons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbon
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 天前I believe you are correct. It appears the confusion is around great apes VS lesser apes and the way it’s worded. We are all descended from great apes, but lesser apes are our cousins.
He’s saying we’re not apes, they’re our cousins.
We’re all descendents of a common primate. But apes are their own thing.
Afaik Apes are a thing humans are included under. The apes are the family Hominidae great apes and include the currently alive primates humans, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and the lesser apes, gibbons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbon
I believe you are correct.
It appears the confusion is around great apes VS lesser apes and the way it’s worded.
We are all descended from great apes, but lesser apes are our cousins.
Love this family photo
Which is incorrect
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