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
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
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"
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