In all actually we, as humans, are closer physically to monkeys since both monkey’s and humans have tailbones, apes do not.
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So, the defining thing about humans is that we have tail-bones? Not that we have large brains or opposing thumbs or walk upright? Nah, just the tail-bones.
Most monkeys have tails attached to their tail-bones. Humans do not.
"In all actually we, as humans, are closer physically to monkeys since both monkey’s and humans have tailbones, apes do not"
Skeletons of the Great Apes (Orang Utans, Gorillas, Chimpanzees), possess a Coccyx, just like we humans. Which is segmented. Acknowledged to be a vestigial* tailbone.
That, coupled with the fact that we humans share at least 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, proves that Darwin was right all along.
I love the smell of destroyed arguments in the morning. Smells like... victory.
*- In the same way that the scales on birds' legs & feet are one of the last vestiges of their reptilian ancestors. One Word: Archaeopteryx.
@Disappointment
"Aren't Homo-Sapiens most similar to Chimpanzees and Gorillas, Both Apes?"
And the skeletons of early Hominids - including Ardipithecus - have a Coccyx too. Oh, those gaps just keep getting filled, don't they?!
In all actuality , monkeys and humans are apes.
Quote from wikipedia : "The Hominidae (anglicized hominids, also known as great apes ) form a taxonomic family, including four extant genera: chimpanzees, gorillas, humans , and orangutans."
At least he acknowledged that we share physical characteristics with monkeys, which is more than a lot of them are willing to admit.
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