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[โ€“] RandomStickman@kbin.run 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

For everyone confused, the term monkey refers to the infraorder Simiiformes. Simians include macaques, marmosets, and yes, great apes like chimps and us. So for decades people are being pedantic about "apes not monkeys" but monkeys/Simians includes apes.