don’t cast your pearls before swi— .
ahh fukk it
humans didn’t evolve from apes (or monkeys), it’s theorized that humans and apes share a common ancestor, similarly to how coyotes and wolves do
you can expand this, think of these 2 groups as similar in terms of sharing a common ancestor with other animals in the same group:
A. humans, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees
B. wolves, coyotes, dingoes, foxes
asking why are there apes and monkeys still around is akin to asking: … “Err..duurrr , well there are wolves still around how did coyotes evolve from them.”