Re: Common ancestor between man and ape

UC wrote:

On May 22, 11:51 am, John Harshman <jharshman.diespam...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

UC wrote:

On May 5, 6:00 pm, backspace <sawireless2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We are told that we had a "common ancestor". But to an observer back
then would'nt this "common ancestor"
have long teeth and a tail - in other words would it not have looked
like an ape?

The term is 'simian'.

But "simian" is just a synonym for "like an ape". Why do you think that
the existence of one term for something invalidates all other terms for
the same thing? It's odd that a person who claims to be so knowledgeable
about language doesn't know about synonyms.


The TERM is 'simian', that's my point.

Yes. And as I have pointed out, calling it *the* term is absurd, when
there are such things as synonyms. What silly made-up rule are you
appealing to in order to forbid calling the chimp-human ancestor an ape?

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