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jarek-foksa · on June 23, 2011

Excuse me, but we (humans) are apes. We are not that extraordinary creatures to put ourself outside the biological taxonomy tree.

So it would be more accurate if you had written "humans and other apes".

chc · on June 23, 2011

He was using the same terminology as the comment to which he was replying. I don't see how semantic quibbling would have added all that much.

burgerbrain · on June 23, 2011

"So it would be more accurate if you had written "humans and other apes"."

You knew what he meant, so clearly that is not needed.

sigzero · on June 23, 2011

No, we humans are not apes. Different species entirely.

nerfhammer · on June 23, 2011

Humans are in the Great Ape taxonomic family, which is a subclass of the Ape family.