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[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This is not a cladistically unsound notion, apes are a subgroup of monkey.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think you've got that backwards

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I do not, monkeys include the apes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CkO8k12QCP0

here's a video from an evolutionary biologist explaining.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

Ah yes your right. I didn't watch the vid you posted but, I was under the impression Ape was short for Primate, but apparently it's short for Hominoidia....witch I kinda hate but whatcha gonna do