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Excuse me, but we (humans) are apes. We are not that extraordinary creatures to put ourself outside the biological taxonomy tree. So it would be more accurate
by jarek-foksa 15y ago
Excuse me, but we (humans) are apes. We are not that extraordinary creatures to put ourself outside the biological taxonomy tree.
So it would be more accurate if you had written "humans and other apes".
- burgerbrain 15y ago"So it would be more accurate if you had written "humans and other apes"." You knew what he meant, so clearly that is not needed.
- chc 15y agoHe was using the same terminology as the comment to which he was replying. I don't see how semantic quibbling would have added all that much.
- sigzero 15y agoNo, we humans are not apes. Different species entirely.
- nerfhammer 15y agoHumans are in the Great Ape taxonomic family, which is a subclass of the Ape family.