• Gorvin@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yes, but they’re not our main ancestors. A distant relative is. That relative was created by millions of years of natural selection.

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      Monkeys are a group of animals. Our ancestors come from that group. They are classified as monkeys. All of us had monkey ancestors.

      I think you’re confusing that with the specific species of monkey that are alive today. Those are distant relatives of ours, not ancestors.