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Originally Posted by Joebill
I rarely use wikipedia... not a reliable source. I'm not going to read the page. Darwin never claimed we are descended from apes, other people have made the claim based on rumors of what is in the book he wrote.
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Humans are classified under the heading of Hominoidea, which includes the Great Apes (this group includes humans) and gibbons. This family of primates had a shared ancestor with modern monkeys, but did not descend from monkeys.