Pardon my ignorance, but are humans considered PRIMATES?

Question

My friend told me that. I thought it just pertained to monkeys & gorillas & stuff I never knew that.

Answer 1

Don't know, just know I agree with RJ, above me, Also, some people behave like wild animals, so what's the big difference?  

We still do stupid things, and have wars, which animals don't do.  So, whose to say we are so much smarter.....

Answer 2

Humans are primates.  We are classified as hominids which are part of the Great Apes superfamily.

Answer 3

Yes. Primates are a group of animals that includes monkeys (baboons, capuchins, macaques, etc.), prosimians (lemurs, bushbabies, tarsiers, etc.), and apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, humans, etc.).

Answer 4

We are also apes, hominins, hominids, hominoids, animals...

Answer 5

I don't know scientifically, but we definitely have something special about us, I mean look at all the crazy stuff we've done and how far we've separated ourselves from the rest of nature, it's messed, either we're geniuses or idiots for it.

Answer 6

primates is a family of animals that include apes, which includes humans.

In terms of taxonomy and classifications, it's:

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species, from the broadest to the most specific.

although we are a different species, we are part of hte same family. hope that helped :)