From what I've read, two of the main differances are that monkeys are generally considered intelligent, and unlike apes, they usually have tails. (according to wikipedia)
- Monkeys have tails and apes do not.
- Monkeys have slanted nasal openings.
- Apes have rounded nasal openings.
- Apes generally have bigger brains and larger bodies than monkeys.
- Monkeys have web foot and apes do not have.
- Monkeys are smaller in terms of size and apes are bigger
The distinction has more to do with taxonomy than macroscopic differences, which applies as general guides more than rules (they have been separated on these standards though, at the very beginning):
- Apes are : Chimps, Gorillas, Orangutans and Gibbons.
- Monkeys are all primates non-apes and non-prosimians (lemurs)
Apes don't have tails and monkeys do. Also apes are much bigger and stronger
Apes are smarter, they have opposable thumbs while some monkeys dont, apes have no tails and they are bigger. Thats all I know.
For one, monkeys have tails and apes (chimps, humans, gorillas, orangutans, etc.) do not.
monkeys have not been around for more than a million years apes have monkeys are smaller apes weigh more.
Apes are more like human than monkeys
monkeys have tail
the difference between monkeys and apes is because, apes don't have tails,and monkeys walk on their palms and apes walk on their knuckles.hope this helped.
Monkeys have tails but Apes are tailless.
monkeys have smaller brain than apes.
apes are bigger than monkeys
i don't know and i don't care! actually i do care :)
An ape and a chimp, are in fact, the SAME thing. You see, a chimpanzee is a particular species of animal that fits in a CATEGORY. That category is "apes". There are "apes" and there are "monkeys". Monkeys are smaller and have tails, whereas, the great apes can be huge and they don't have tails. This means that gorillas are apes, chimpanzees are apes, bonobos are apes, and orangutans are apes too. And so are gibbons.
If you are referring to an increase in overall intelligence during the course of evolution then you have mistaken monkeys for apes as the evolutionary source of humanity. Monkeys were monkeys a long time ago, while some apes did evolve into the humans of today. To find a simple difference between them, look for a tail. Monkeys have tails and apes do not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey Generally, monkeys are smaller and have tails. Within apes are 13 species of Hylobatidae, and the great apes (Hominidae) which include orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.
I believe monkey's have tails and gorilla's do not!
The order of primates includes homo sapiens along with chimpanzees, monkeys, marmosets, etc.
chimpanzees are monkeys no, chimpanzees are apes and not monkeys
The apes and monkeys live in trees.