King Phenomenon
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I just read this on Wikipedia it was interestingBe careful, apes and monkeys are not the same thing. They are both types of primates, but there are biological differences.
Chimps, Gorillas, and Bonobos are apes, but are not monkeys. The Australopithecines in our ancestry were also apes, not monkeys. WE are apes, but are not monkeys.
In particular, there is no time when we stopped being apes and started being human. We ARE apes still.
We have very good records for the last couple million years or so, which includes the transition between the Australopithecines to modern humans.
"Determining which species of australopithecine (if any) is ancestral to the genus Homo is a question that is a top priority for many paleoanthropologists, but one that will likely elude any conclusive answers for years to come. Nearly every possible species has been suggested as a likely candidate, but none are overwhelmingly convincing. Presently, it appears that A. garhi has the potential to occupy this coveted place in paleoanthropology, but the lack of fossil evidence is a serious problem. Another problem presents itself in the fact that it has been very difficult to assess which hominid [now "hominin"] represents the first member of the genus Homo. Without knowing this, it is not possible to determine which species of australopithecine may have been ancestral to Homo."[8]
They use the word coveted ha ha