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Apes are closer. Plus humans are different enough from any still existing apes that the dietary comparison is quite worthless. It is as if you were comparing t
by AstralStorm 9y ago
Apes are closer. Plus humans are different enough from any still existing apes that the dietary comparison is quite worthless.
It is as if you were comparing tigers with house cats on diet based on hunting behaviour.
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoWe're all apes[1]. And chimps are indeed our closest relations[2]. The tiger and my housecat are both obligate carnivores, so that comparison seems accurate to me (though I don't want him bringing down deer, there's a problem of scale). 1:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae 2: https://www.livescience.com/7929-human-evolution-closest-living-relatives-chimps.html https://www.livescience.com/7929-human-evolution-closest-liv...