The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHumanity needs to set aside our differences to make this happenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down113
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minus-squarewhotookkarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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-up4·2 months ago Love this family photo
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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.
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.