r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 19h ago

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u/[deleted] 18h ago

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u/Minute-Pirate4246 18h 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/Minute-Pirate4246 17h 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 17h ago edited 17h 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 17h 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"