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mushy.the.mushroom

 We didn’t evolve from monkeys, we evolved from a common ancestor.
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Hey liberals if you all are so fucking smart then if we evolve from monkeys how come there are still monkeys?
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Anonymous 2w

the common ancestor may have technically been a monkey but it’s not a modern monkey

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Anonymous 2w

There’s like a weird curve here in terms of science communication and how accurate each statement is. People who know nothing about evolution think science says “humans came from monkeys” and that means humans came from modern monkeys.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

People who know a good bit about evolution say we and monkeys came from a common ancestor. This is accurate. But it’s not necessarily the whole story

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

True

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

People who know a LOT about evolution and crown group taxonomy would say we came from monkeys and that we still ARE monkeys. Because our common ancestor with old world monkeys is after they had already split from new world monkeys. Therefore us and apes are nestled within monkeys.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

Like how birds are still reptiles!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Exactly.

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