What are the differences between a monkey and a human?

About 40 million differences in our DNA result in drastic disparities between humans and our closest living relatives, chimpanzees. ... Charles Darwin was the first to figure it out why the simple act of standing up made all the difference in separating man from ape. One word: tools. read more

Humans are a kind of monkey, so technically there is no difference. However, a “human” is more narrowly defined, so there’s that difference. Understand that you’re asking “what’s the difference between a car and a Ford Mustang”. read more

There are differences between new world and old world monkeys as well; new world monkeys have a prehensile tail and colour vision in their eyes, but not in the old world species. All the monkeys have five digits with an opposable thumb in limbs. read more

The two species' musculature is extremely similar, but somehow, pound-for-pound, chimps are between two and three times stronger than humans. "Even if we worked out for 12 hours a day like they do, we wouldn't be nearly as strong," Hunt said. read more