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→Hominids vs apes: reference was to a CNN article that used the term "ancient apes"
My recent edit, a single word change, was reverted, and I'm not clear as to why. The article currently reads that humans evolved from ancient apes. This is a misleading statement. My phrasing was that humans evolved from ancient hominids. Of course, humans, hominids, as well as gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans are all "apes", but no biologist suggests that modern humans evolved directly from other extant groups of apes, but that we descend from the now extinct hominid branch. RSchlafly, can you give a compelling reason why the edit was reverted? [[User:JohnSmith|JohnSmith]] 14:19, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
My recent edit, a single word change, was reverted, and I'm not clear as to why. The article currently reads that humans evolved from ancient apes. This is a misleading statement. My phrasing was that humans evolved from ancient hominids. Of course, humans, hominids, as well as gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans are all "apes", but no biologist suggests that modern humans evolved directly from other extant groups of apes, but that we descend from the now extinct hominid branch. RSchlafly, can you give a compelling reason why the edit was reverted? [[User:JohnSmith|JohnSmith]] 14:19, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
: Yes, I reverted simply because because the reference was to a CNN article that used the term "ancient apes", not hominids. I realize that some people say that it is confusing to say that humans evolved from apes, because someone might interpret that as modern apes. But the article says "ancient apes", so I don't think that there is any confusion.
: Meanwhile, the term [[hominid]] is confusing, and I started a page to define. Perhaps you could help there, as it currently says that the dictionary definition is incorrect. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 14:38, 12 May 2007 (EDT)