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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by asadotzler on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @10:31AM (#8788486)
This is an ape, not a monkey.
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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by thisjepisje on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @12:15PM (#8788996)
This probably differs a bit between languages. In Dutch, we call both monkeys and apes "aap", and apes specifically "mensaap" (human-ape).
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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by 1457389 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @02:21PM (#8789712)
Relevance? I am sure Dutch zoologists would similarly agree that use of the term 'monkey' is just plain wrong in this instance.
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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by drcube on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @02:03PM (#8789612)
Cladistically, apes are monkeys.
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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by scroy on Thursday December 25, 2014 @01:21AM (#8795624)
I think you mean primates?
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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by drcube on Monday December 29, 2014 @04:48PM (#8811983)
No. Apes (including humans) are more closely related to old world monkeys than new world monkeys are. When you are more closely related to monkeys than other monkeys are, most people would say you are a monkey. Including me.
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