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? asked in Social ScienceAnthropology · 1 month ago

Are humans still technically apes?

If so then wouldn't it make more sense to keep other apes as pets instead of dogs and cats?

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  • 4 weeks ago
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    All humans are a subset of the great apes, which is a subset of apes, which is a subset of simians (specifically "dry-nosed monkeys), which is a subset of primates.  We are all of the above. 

  • 1 month ago

    No. We share a lot of the same DNA but the most important bits are nothing like other apes. We share 50% of the DNA with some fish, and even some with crocodiles.

    As we were being made the same strands used for somethings were adapted for this or that and some for us and some for others. DNA is incredible, God is amazing.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    Yes.  Humans are a primate in the great ape family, which is a subset of monkeys.  And we keep dogs and cats instead of apes because dogs and cats don't scream and throw their poop.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    Yes, get a chimpanzee, but not an ordinary chimpanzee; one of those war loving ones that attack monkeys. Sounds like a great idea.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    All Humans are White if you go back far enough. Early Human ancestors started out with White skin according to biologists. dark skin evolved after Humans lost their body fur because naked skin was vulnerable to UV radiation as explained in the out of africa theory. ✊🏻💪🏻

    black people have up to 19% genomic contribution from unidentified archaic hominids making them less Human than White people 💪🏻.

  • 1 month ago

    It would, except that it helps to be more intelligent than your pet.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    NO we are not apes.

    Go ahead and have a male ape as a pet. 

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