It's a matter of semantics...from the attached Smithsonian Institute...

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"Humans and monkeys are both primates. But humans are not descended from monkeys or any other primate living today. WE DO SHARE A COMMON APE ANCESTOR with chimpanzees. It lived between 8 and 6 million years ago." (emphasis mine)
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This is what most people use as a reference...don't be so picayunish...

Link: https://humanorigins.si.edu/education/frequently-asked-questions

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