Why are humans considered monkeys?

I'm a primate. You're a primate. Everyone reading this blog is a primate. That's not news. We hear it all he time: Humans are primates. But what does that really mean? What do we have in common with a baboon? Or a creepy aye-aye? Or even our closest living relative, the chimpanzee? read more

Humans are not considered monkeys, humans are are considered apes. Apes and monkeys are two subgroups of the group “primates”. Saying that humans are considered monkeys is like saying that cats are considered dogs. read more

Genetic research of the last few decades suggests that humans and all living primates evolved from a common ancestor that split from the rest of the mammals at least 65 million years ago. But even before DNA analyses, scientists knew humans belong in the primate order. read more

The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes A primate as: Any of an order of mammals that are characterized especially by advanced development of binocular vision resulting in stereoscopic depth perception, specialization of the hands and feet for grasping, and enlargement of the cerebral hemispheres and that include humans, apes, monkeys, and related forms (such as lemurs and tarsiers). read more