potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWait, so we're all just TALKING APES!? Why is everyone just acting like that's normal!?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1-28arrow-down1message-squareWait, so we're all just TALKING APES!? Why is everyone just acting like that's normal!?potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareeinkorn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down4·1 month agoBecause a) it’s old news and b) it’s technically incorrect. Apes and humans share a common ancestor but are not the same.
minus-squareTheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoYou’re thinking of chimps, apes are any primates without tails.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s not incorrect, if by “apes” you mean hominids (which is what it usually refers to), then we’re part of that family and by extension we’re what’s colloquially known as apes.
minus-squareSaraTonin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoWe’re not modern apes, but we are apes, in the same way that birds are dinosaurs
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 month agoI’ve personally not seen a single news story about it in my life or it obviously would’ve fully hit me sooner.
minus-squarehikaru755@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoI’ve also never seen a news story about it, because it’s so old news that I just learnt about it in biology class
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoTry to downplay it and cover it up all you like. I’ve just submitted it as a news tip to half a dozen newsrooms. We’ll see who’s right!
Because a) it’s old news and b) it’s technically incorrect. Apes and humans share a common ancestor but are not the same.
You’re thinking of chimps, apes are any primates without tails.
It’s not incorrect, if by “apes” you mean hominids (which is what it usually refers to), then we’re part of that family and by extension we’re what’s colloquially known as apes.
We’re not modern apes, but we are apes, in the same way that birds are dinosaurs
I’ve personally not seen a single news story about it in my life or it obviously would’ve fully hit me sooner.
I’ve also never seen a news story about it, because it’s so old news that I just learnt about it in biology class
Try to downplay it and cover it up all you like. I’ve just submitted it as a news tip to half a dozen newsrooms. We’ll see who’s right!