The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

  • Klear@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.

    • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      Oh neat. This is all taxonomy that is well beyond me. My defense of calling humans monkeys is that everyone does it, and that’s how language works. Glad to know I’m correct too, technically lol