The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHumanity needs to set aside our differences to make this happenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarejackeryjoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHe’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-up0·1 year agoAfaik 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-squarejackeryjoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI 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.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago Love this family photo
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.
Which is incorrect
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