The Hominidae, whose members are known as the great apes are a taxonomic family of primates that includes […] orangutan[s]; Gorilla[s …]; […] the chimpanzee and the bonobo; and Homo, of which only modern humans (Homo sapiens) remain.
You’re right in that humans are apes taxonomically. What I was trying to contradict was the misconception according to which the type of apes we see today got somehow “frozen” evolutionary some time ago, but that some of their descendents evolved to become human.
Not to mention that the rib thing was a deliberate rewording in later translations, if memory serves it was originally "made from half of Adam" or whatever his original name was.
The "from his rib" thing was put there as a way of basically saying "from creation women were lesser." So basically politics of the time affecting the message.
Most of the Bible was edited for political reasons. I'm sure Jesus totally told everyone to follow the law of the land and to give Caesar his taxes without a fuss
There is a History of the Byzantines podcast and it talks about the political maneuvering in the empire and church. They had political parties and each party had separate religious beliefs and that was important for how church doctrine evolved.
It's so incredibly political it's unbelievable. It's like "I want to be emperor so I will agree to whatever those guys say so I can gain their political support". And now hundreds of millions of people think that's the word of God when really it's the back alley dealings of Justinian.