Biology / Unit 8 Bio 1681 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Humans Evolved from Monkeys"
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The idea
Humans did not evolve from any modern monkey species; humans and modern monkeys instead descend from a shared ancestor resembling neither group.
In practice
A phylogenetic tree places humans and monkeys on separate branches diverging from one ancestral point, not one feeding into the other.
Where people slip
No modern species evolves into another — shared ancestry, not descent from a living relative, is correct.
Your place on the trail
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