TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoSaying Primates have "human like qualities" is precisely the inverse of what's going on. Human's do "primate things" not the other way around. [Behaviour]message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down115
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareSaying Primates have "human like qualities" is precisely the inverse of what's going on. Human's do "primate things" not the other way around. [Behaviour]TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWell humans are the newest primates so anything we do similar to other primates, they did it first and it’s us who copied them.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoNo we’re not. Heck, chimpanzees and bobobos only branched from each other like a million years ago. Modern day non-humaj primates evolved from common ancestors, just like us.
Well humans are the newest primates so anything we do similar to other primates, they did it first and it’s us who copied them.
No we’re not.
Heck, chimpanzees and bobobos only branched from each other like a million years ago.
Modern day non-humaj primates evolved from common ancestors, just like us.