Talk:Simian

Simians are monkeys

Why two separate articles. They're the same thing. Despite that many people claim apes aren't monkeys, they are, from a cladistic point of view. 209.86.226.18 (talk) 22:21, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Simian and monkey are not synonyms. Monkey refers to specific kinds of simians classed as:

• old world monkey (superfamily Cercopithecoidea in parvorder Catarrhini
• new world monkey (superfamily Ceboidea in the parvorder Platyrrhini.

Apes are definitely not monkeys. Monkeys can actually be defined as "non-ape simians". They're every kind of simian other than the apes. Y12J (talk) 00:43, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Cladistically, apes are monkeys. Jmv2009 (talk) 12:20, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

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What does RIYA mean?

Opening sentence says that RIYA is a synonym for simian. Is it an acronym? Couldn't find it on a quick google search. What's the source for this tem? Mateussf (talk) 18:42, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

A single-edit editor inserted it in without explanation or source earlier this month, so I went ahead and reverted it under the assumption that it's just a vandal's nonsense.--Mr Fink (talk) 20:33, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Competing evolutionary theories and disproportionate amount of detail

The evolution block very briefly states the primary thinking among scientists (that they arose in Africa), but does not go into detail. It then proceeds to mention a competing theory (Asian origin), and spends the remainder of a very long paragraph going into extensive detail on the competing theory, phrasing it as fact.

The amount of detail on the non-primary theory is disproportionate, and the phrasing is inappropriate. 159.196.168.136 (talk) 21:22, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

I agree, also not enough citations. Future Contributor (talk) 10:04, 22 June 2026 (UTC)