Depends on what you mean by “monkey”. IIRC the “standard” definition is paraphiletic as it excludes apes.
In the context of “did man evolve from monkeys” the definition clearly includes apes. In casual language, too, a chimpanzee is a monkey.
That all is rather peripheral to the main point, though.
On rereading the thread it was CarlJ who replaced the “monkeys gave birth to humans” in CCC’s comment with “man evolved from monkeys”, FWIW.
Depends on what you mean by “monkey”. IIRC the “standard” definition is paraphiletic as it excludes apes.
In the context of “did man evolve from monkeys” the definition clearly includes apes. In casual language, too, a chimpanzee is a monkey.
That all is rather peripheral to the main point, though.
On rereading the thread it was CarlJ who replaced the “monkeys gave birth to humans” in CCC’s comment with “man evolved from monkeys”, FWIW.