Many taxonomic classifications above the level of species can be regarded as arbitrary, and in some cases dependent on the views of the person putting forth the classification, as is the case with the human clade.
It doesn't really matter much if we are ape or not (IMO: we are). What does matter is whether or not we are animal.
All the evidence i've encountered, whether morphological, behavioural, or genetic, clearly points to humans being members of the Kingdom
Animalia . I've encountered no evidence that contradicts this.
"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine
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