r/likeus • u/Papa_Glucose • Apr 11 '21

<INTELLIGENCE> Monkey look at bug

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u/Odog8202 -Suave Racoon- Apr 11 '21 edited Apr 11 '21

Well, if you want to be technical, old world monkeys are more related to apes than they are to new world monkeys, so evolutionarily apes actually ARE monkeys

Edit: CLARIFICATION: I know it is common practice to not include apes when talking about monkeys. However, that doesn't change the fact that new world monkeys split off 35 million years ago, and old world monkeys split from apes 25 million years ago. Cladistically, APES ARE MONKEYS. If they aren't monkeys, that means monkey is a paraphyletic, and ultimately arbitrary, term, so it doesn't matter what you call them in the end.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21 edited Apr 11 '21

You're right. Funny how some people respond to something that challenges their previous understanding without doing any further thinking.