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Originally Posted by Targan
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"Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark was one of the primatologists who developed the idea that there were "trends" in primate evolution and that the living members of the order could be arranged in a series, leading through "monkeys" and "apes" to humans. Within this tradition, "ape" refers to all the members of the superfamily Hominoidea, except humans.[3] Thus "apes" are a paraphyletic group, meaning that although all the species of apes descend from a common ancestor, the group does not include all the descendants of that ancestor, because humans are excluded.[9] The diagram below shows the currently accepted evolutionary relationships of the Hominoidea,[2] with the apes marked by a bracket." (sorry the bracketed chart does not show up.)
But we are not Apes. We may have descended from a common ancestor. And some people in their opinion classified us as apes. They are the closest Animal on the Planet to us. Some lump us into the Greater Apes.
I like Sir Wilfrid's thoughts on this subject. I do not know for sure, but then again I could be wrong. Though I don't think I am.
Do the other "apes" think about this, or try to explain it too each other? Do they try to change their environment by building cities and roads? Do they establish scientific theories, or religions?
Some if not most Scientists seam to lump us in with the apes because its the closest critter left.
Why are we not monkeys, oh yeah no tail, but wait we have a vestigial tail that is at the end of our spine, but not grown out. ( The coccyx bone is the tailbone at the end of the spine)
Either way, I still hate nanners. (bananas)
