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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That chart just shows that apes and monkeys evolved from a shared ancestor, not that that shared ancestor is a monkey. Granted, it doesn't support my position either. Nevertheless.

May I have a source for that image please? Maybe it can provide more information.

Edit: I did some more research:

The cladogram shown here shows that simians (infraorder Simiiformes) branched off into Catarrhini and New World Monkeys (parvorder platyrrhini). Then, the Catarrhini branched off into apes (superfamily Hominoidia) and Old World Monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea.

In short, all monkeys have a shared ancestry with apes, but are not evolved from apes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for clearing that up!