To: ASA Vet
Since humans are apes how could there be a missing link such as you thought?Humans are primates, not apes, although I've seen some people who would make you wonder...
7 posted on
02/19/2007 12:15:57 AM PST by
Zeroisanumber
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Zeroisanumber
"Primate" is the order which includes the family "Hominidae" (great apes.)
Modern humans are a sub-species within that family.
We are apes of the primate order.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens
Subspecies: H. s. sapiens
11 posted on
02/19/2007 12:40:06 AM PST by
ASA Vet
(The WOT should have been over on 9/12/01.)
To: Zeroisanumber
Humans are primates, not apes, although I've seen some people who would make you wonder...
I once wrestled a guy from western PA that certainly met that description.
125 posted on
02/19/2007 8:27:05 PM PST by
Boiler Plate
(Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
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