What are the differences between chimps and monkeys?

Question

What are the differences between chimps and monkeys?

Answer 1

A chimp is a sub-species of the monkey.

Answer 2

Chimps are apes, like us and Gorillas. Monkeys have tails. Some other differences which I'm not 100% sure about. Anyway, primates are divided into apes and monkeys, and we are apes.

Answer 3

Hominoid is the larger classification. That includes monkeys, apes and humans. The hominid classification contains the human and great apes. (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) Hominoids include all of the monkey ape and human families. As one source explains:

"The word "hominid" refers to members of the family of humans, Hominidae, which consists of all species on our side of the last common ancestor of humans and living apes. (Some scientists use a broader definition of Hominidae which includes the great apes.) Hominids are included in the superfamily of all apes, the Hominoidea, the members of which are called hominoids. Although the hominid fossil record is far from complete, and the evidence is often fragmentary, there is enough to give a good outline of the evolutionary history of humans."

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/spe...

The split from the rest of the hominoids is dated to 15-25 million years ago. The first known hominid is Ardipithecus ramidus. Therefore at least 25 milluion years separate us and the chimps frpm monkeys

The basic characteristic of hominids is bipedalisim, the ability to walk on two feet. Hominoids include tree dwelling apes and monkeys. Their hands and feet differ greatly from that of humans.

All primates have opposable thumbs. This allows use to touch our fingertips and grasp objects. The human hand has a longer thumb, less curved fingers, and broader fingertips. It allows use to perform much more precise work then the other primates.

      Humans and chimps share a 99% (this number varies by how it's counted) match in DNA. Between humans and monkeys the match is 93% This difference and the known change in DNA allows us to date the split.

Answer 4

The easiest way to tell the difference between an ape and a monkey is that an ape does not have a tail.  Other differences include differences in the weight of the skeleton and broadness of the skull. Other differences in the skeletal frame are numerous, such as the hips in an ape are wider than most monkeys.  Also, apes tend to be more encephalized.  (This has to do with the features of the face.  It means more "human" and less mamillian than say lemurs or pygmies.)

Answer 5

monkeys have prehensile tails whereas chimps are apes and therefore a different species completely

Answer 6

A Chimp is an Ape, not a Monkey.

As a general rule, although it goes much deeper, a monkey has a tail, Apes do not.