[MD] Apes

[Horse]

According to current theory/evidence (dependent on who you read):
Humans didn't evolve from apes - apes and humans had a common ancestor.
Apes and hominids are thought to have diverged about 7 million years ago.

And when you say human, do you mean homo sapiens or earlier instances of 
humans (Neanderthal, Cro-magnon etc.) because there have been 20-some 
different 'species' of 'humans' in the last 7 million years or so - 
again dependent on who you read). These species are, apparently, 
distinct from apes.

So not only is it quite reasonable that 'Ape' is a concept, but it is 
just as reasonable that 'Human' is a concept too.
It all depends on what you need to achieve through classification.


On 22/08/2011 10:02, Jan-Anders Andersson wrote:
> 21 aug 2011 kl. 21.05 craig wrote:
>
>> >  1) Humans evolved from apes.
>> >  2) :. There were apes before there were humans.
>> >  3) There were no concepts before there were humans.
>> >  4) :. Apes are not concepts.
>> >  Craig

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