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Is it possible for humans and monkeys to mate?

Is it possible for humans and monkeys to mate?

humans and chimpanzees, it is considered unlikely that true human-monkey hybrids could be brought to term. However, it is feasible that human-compatible organs for transplantation could be grown in these chimeras.

Are humans related to monkeys?

Humans are primates–a diverse group that includes some 200 species. Monkeys, lemurs and apes are our cousins, and we all have evolved from a common ancestor over the last 60 million years. Because primates are related, they are genetically similar.

What ancestor do we share with apes?

The chimpanzee–human last common ancestor (CHLCA) is the last common ancestor shared by the extant Homo (human) and Pan (chimpanzee and bonobo) genera of Hominini.

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What monkey did humans come from?

Humans and monkeys are both primates. But humans are not descended from monkeys or any other primate living today. We do share a common ape ancestor with chimpanzees. It lived between 8 and 6 million years ago.

What are the pieces of evidence that support the common ancestor of humans and apes?

Evidence from fossils, proteins and genetic studies indicates that humans and chimpanzees had a common ancestor millions of years ago. Most scientists believe that the ‘human’ family tree (known as the sub-group hominin) split from the chimpanzees and other apes about five to seven million years ago.

How are there still apes if we evolved from them?

We evolved and descended from the common ancestor of apes, which lived and died in the distant past. This means that we are related to other apes and that we are apes ourselves. And alongside us, the other living ape species have also evolved from that same common ancestor, and exist today in the wild and zoos.

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Is there any proof that humans are descended from monkeys?

There is no such proof because we are not descended from monkeys. Whoever told you that is deliberately lying or does not understand evolution. As you can see from the attached image, we split off from monkeys 25 million years ago.

How did the monkey take the baby from his mother?

Without warning, a pack of wild monkeys ambushed the family home on the outskirts of Agra, India, where a monkey grabbed the baby from his mother’s arms. The monkey grabbed the child by the neck and pulled him away before his mother realized what was happening.

Is there such a thing as a monkey?

In which case, the colloquial word ‘monkey’ (as used to refer to both modern-day Old World and modern-day New World monkeys, but not humans or apes) becomes scientifically meaningless. In which case, the original question is also meaningless, as, scientifically speaking, there is no such thing as ‘a monkey’!

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Did we originate from monkeys or apes?

We don’t originate from monkeys or apes. Monkeys and apes are primates, as are we, but, while we have a common ancestor, we aren’t monkeys and monkeys aren’t humans. This is a common misunderstanding.