Are monkeys humans' relatives

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 8/16/2019

We are evolutionary relatives. We shared a last common ancestor with New World Monkeys around 40 million years ago and a last common ancestor with Old World Monkeys around 25 million years ago.

Wiki User

∙ 16y ago

What else can I help you with?

What animals backbone is most like a humans?

monkeys and whales --- Probably the bonobo or chimpanzee, since they are our closet living relatives

What are the spider monkeys relatives?

What are humans and monkeys?

Both monkeys and humans are considered primates.

Are humans from monkey?

Well, Monkeys and apes are from the same ancestors. We are not from monkeys.

Monkeys closest living relatives?

apes

How are you and monkeys alike?

Monkeys are the closest thing to humans because monkeys were like humans in 12 BC

Who are my relatives?

We can't answer this question more specifically given that you are anonymous. However, all humans had a common ancestor c. 100,000 years ago. Their next closest relatives are the chimpanzee and the bonobo, which split off from humans c. 5 million years ago and from one another c. 1.5 million years ago. In descending order of relatedness after the chimpanzee are the gorilla, the orangutan, the gibbons, Old World monkeys and New World monkeys. These are your relatives.

Why are monkeys your relatives?

Monkeys aren't your relatives. However; modern primates, including humans, share a common ancestor. For that matter; depending on how far back you want to go, you share a common ancestor with grass too.

Are monkeys really humans?

Monkeys were never humans. Now on the other hand chimps were. HAHAHA JUST KIDDING! Monkeys are not humans. Case closed.

Why are you from monkeys?

Monkeys were the first evolution of humans.

Do seals have relatives?

Yes they are related to monkeys and snails

Why do monkeys still exist?

Humans did not evolve from monkeys, but rather, humans and monkeys evolved from one type of organism. They have a common ancestor, something that has traits of humans and monkeys, but they went separate ways.

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