Animals are more closely related to fungi than we are to plants. Our closest shared ancestors were likely these little guys: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho

Animals are more closely related to fungi than we are to plants. Our closest shared ancestors were likely these little guys: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choanoflagellate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choanoflagellate Source: I took Bio 101 last semester so I'm pretty much an expert now.