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Originally posted by splck
From what I remember we didn't evolve from an ape, but rather we have a common ancestor that we both evolved from.
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It's true that we didn't evolve from a chimp or a gorilla, but we did evolve from some sort of non-human primate that is no longer around. Whether that primate can be called an "ape" is a matter of taxonomy that's not very important.