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That article seems to say that the standard definition of "monkey" does not include apes, and thus humans.
by rafram 9mo ago
That article seems to say that the standard definition of "monkey" does not include apes, and thus humans.
- technothrasher 9mo agoIt doesn't just seem to say it, it says it explicitly: "monkeys are, in terms of currently recognized taxa, non-hominoid simians". Perhaps the accepted terminology may change at some point, but currently apes are not monkeys.