I don’t know what op meant by their post, but i must say that chimpanzees and bonobos are indeed the most closely related apes to humans.
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lexihexi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Maybe the joke was, they are the ones that seems closest to the homo species but are still apes?
Though I think there are other apes that are genetically closer to homo sapiens.
This showerthought looked queerphobic to me before I came to the conclusion about its possible meaning. It’s still seems - maybe unconsciously - insensitive to me.
Donebrach@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Luovahulluus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That sentence makes no sense. Chimps and humans are both apes.
Not only are chimps the closest relative to humans, but humans are the closest relative to chimps.