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Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

To be entirely fair, apes aren’t monkeys. I don’t think that particular distinction is really all that relevant to the discussion, but technically…

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Klear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.

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- Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh neat. This is all taxonomy that is well beyond me. My defense of calling humans monkeys is that everyone does it, and that’s how language works. Glad to know I’m correct too, technically lol
  
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  - Klear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Username checks out.
    
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