Millions of years ago, primates evolved into different species. There are prosimians like lemurs and tarsiers. Monkeys like capuchins and macaques. And apes, like gorillas and chimpanzees.
You’re also part of this primate order. Humans share a common ancestor and 98.6% of our DNA with chimpanzees. You may be the most intelligent monkey, but other primates are clever too. They can communicate, recognize family and use tools.
If monkeys took over the planet, it would certainly be a revolution led by highly intelligent primates. These would be either transgenic monkeys or ones enhanced with brain implants.
If you’re wondering what on Earth transgenic monkeys are, those are artificially created monkeys that carry a human gene. If these smarty-pants escaped research facilities into areas with high populations of non-modified monkeys, it could spell trouble for us. Hyper-intelligent monkeys could train these populations in the best ways to wage war on humans.
Communication would be a key part of their strategy. Societal roles would have to be delegated based on the different levels of intelligence.
Apes like chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos are among the smartest. So they would play prominent roles in the uprising.
Orangutans are also highly intelligent and could manufacture weapons. They are known to be more capable than children of making tools, for example a fishing hook.
Chimpanzees have been observed to invade the territories of other chimpanzee groups systematically. So, they would kill other primates for food. But the numbers would be in your favor.
With around 60% of Earth’s primate species currently threatened with extinction, they wouldn’t stand much of a chance against 7.8 billion humans. Still, considering the devastating effects of deforestation and years of extremely invasive experiments on monkeys, humans may have a lot of wrongs to repent for.
