Agreed, especially with grade-school children.
But we do expect better reading comprehension from grownups, i.e., to grasp significance of even an outdated chart like this:
That may be if one bothers to read the canonical writings of evolution.
However, that is not what the ascending up from ape cartoon depicts. And everyone knows, that as between a cartoon like this and the latest Stephen Jay Gould tome, the cartoon is more powerful and will carry the day.
Agreed, especially with grade-school children.
But we do expect better reading comprehension from grownups, i.e., to grasp significance of even an outdated chart like this: