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Originally Posted by kennyc
The only people/groups that I've every heard make the "descent from apes" claim are those that are against evolution or are simply ignorant. Those that know what they are talking about tend to use the "common ancestor" term.
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No-- we don't share ancestors with apes. We
are apes. Specifically, we are apes of the family
Hominidae. The only arguments that can claim that we don't fit within that clade are special pleading creationist ones.
(edit-- oops, I see that WT has already covered that.)