The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoHumanity needs to set aside our differences to make this happenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down113
arrow-up1331arrow-down1imageHumanity needs to set aside our differences to make this happenlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 days 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-up7·17 days 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-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days ago Love this family photo
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days 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-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·17 days agoWhich is incorrect
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.
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
Love this family photo
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.
Which is incorrect
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