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:::Clearly the word "animal" is used differently in the Bible than it is in modern science. I'm becoming acutely conscious of the new talk page rule, so I'll post no more on this topic (I'm not joking). [[User:RDre|RDre]] 14:51, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
:::Clearly the word "animal" is used differently in the Bible than it is in modern science. I'm becoming acutely conscious of the new talk page rule, so I'll post no more on this topic (I'm not joking). [[User:RDre|RDre]] 14:51, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
== Humans are apes. ==
Humans are apes in the sense that we're (technically) animals that would be classified as an ape by the definition of ape (as a way to think about it: are we plants, fungi, or bacteria? Biologically, are we different enough to have our own kingdom for life?).
It comes down to a semantic argument, but primatologists do study the apes (and include humans into that classification) because of our exceedingly close similarities. We fit the definition of ape, but we shouldn't be offended since we're much more complex.