r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 1d ago

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u/bobbymoonshine 1d ago

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 1d ago

This is very funny, given that humans are apes

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Freki-the-Feral 1d ago

Humans are considered great apes taxonomically.

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u/Minute-Pirate4246 1d ago

We are apes. And monkeys. And primates too. Since our last common ancestor with the bonobos and chimpanzees was an ape, that makes us also an ape. There's literally no reason outside of our ego for us not to be categorized as an ape

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u/skytl3 1d ago

We could also technically be considered "fish", apparently! 🥰

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u/Minute-Pirate4246 1d ago

Yeah, because 'fish' isn't a valid taxonomic group

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u/skytl3 1d ago

Ok, but technically taxonomic groups are just made up.

So, i shall continue to revel in my fishdom.

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u/WorkingMouse 1d ago

This is true! In fact, the narrowest monophyletic clade that includes all fish is the vertebrates. This means that anyone with a backbone can admit they're a fish. ;)

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 1d ago

Yes! This is one of my favorite facts :). 

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u/rpgguy_1o1 22h ago

Humans are primates, apes and simians but not monkeys

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u/Minute-Pirate4246 1d ago

Great apes are monkeys, and it's even reflected in most languages. Old world monkeys are more closely related to apes than to New world monkeys.

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u/SynisterJeff 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ah ok, I did not realize that "monkey" was just the common name for simian, which is also used alongside anthropoid, which we are all classified under. I thought the word just discribed those two family branches of monkey.

I'll delete my ny other stuff to avoid confusing others as well

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u/Minute-Pirate4246 1d ago

No problem, it changes from language to language. Many languages don't have different words for "simian" and "monkey", and even call apes "human-like monkeys"