Sentences with phrase «classified as an ape»
Although the above two skulls look quite similar, most creationists claim that the first one (ER 1470) is human, while the second (ER 1813) is classified as an ape by the few creationists who even mention it.
http://www.talkorigins.org/ Not exact matches
The two species also show other dental features that group them with later Old World monkeys and apes, but are still different enough to be classified as separate — and more ancient — species.
Recent humans and their fossil relatives are classified as having thick molar enamel, one of very few dental traits that distinguish hominins from living African apes.
View the table on the skull comparison page, which demonstrates that creationists actually find it not «easy», but horribly difficult to classify fossils as ape or human.
Any Indigenous person can tell you why the «ape» comment is offensive: our mob used to be officially classified as «flora and fauna», considered «less evolved» and not counted in the census, a history reflected in continuing prejudice about Indigenous people being «primitive».