Saying Primates have "human like qualities" is precisely the inverse of what's going on. Human's do "primate things" not the other way around. [Behaviour]

TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world · 1 个月前

Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org · 1 个月前

Humans ARE primates.

Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 1 个月前

Yes but OP is right, primates pre-date us so anything we do similarly, they did it first and we copied them.

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 1 个月前

We didn’t copy, we are an extended branch of their abilities.

Photonic@lemmy.world · 1 个月前

ripcord@lemmy.world · 1 个月前

Which primates? Chimpanzees? They evolved from earlier primates too.

Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 27 天前

Yes, chimps also exhibit traits of even earlier primates.

ripcord@lemmy.world · 27 天前

Chimps didn’t exist when homo erectus appeared.

Still doesn’t seem like you’re getting my point.

Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 27 天前

Well i meant homo sapiens maybe i was misusing the word humans, but erectus is a different species than us.

egrets@lemmy.world · 1 个月前

That’s the exact point OP is making. Humans do primate things because they’re primates.