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[-] RandomStickman@kbin.run 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

For everyone confused, the term monkey refers to the infraorder Simiiformes. Simians include macaques, marmosets, and yes, great apes like chimps and us. So for decades people are being pedantic about "apes not monkeys" but monkeys/Simians includes apes.

[-] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago

Real pedants know monkeys aren’t apes, but apes are monkeys.

[-] VelvetGentleman@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

But, but, but MONKEYS ARE APES! More specifically, the monkeys that are apes are apes.

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2024
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