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The Hominidae ( / hɒˈmɪnɪdiː / ), whose members are known as the great apes [note 1] or hominids ( / ˈhɒmɪnɪdz / ), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan ); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla ); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo ...
- Lesser Apes
Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, 2013. Gibbons (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ b ə n...
- Timeline of Human Evolution
Hominidae: Great apes: humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and...
- Ouranopithecus
Ouranopithecus is a genus of extinct Eurasian great ape...
- Ponginae
Ponginae / p ɒ n ˈ dʒ aɪ n iː /, also known as the Asian...
- Oreopithecus
Oreopithecus (from the Greek ὄρος, oros and πίθηκος,...
- Lesser Apes
List of hominoids. Sumatran orangutan ( Pongo abelli) Hominoidea is a superfamily of primates. Members of this superfamily are called hominoids or apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos, and humans. Hominoidea is one of the six major groups in the order Primates. The majority are found in forests in Southeastern ...
- Critically Endangered (10 species)
- Extinct in the wild (0 species)
- Endangered (16 species)
- Extinct (0 species)
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The use of the term hominid, which is the designation for members of Hominidae, reflects these two meanings. In a technical and growing sense, it refers to humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans and their extinct relatives.
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Paleoanthropology or paleo-anthropology is a branch of paleontology and anthropology which seeks to understand the early development of anatomically modern humans, a process known as hominization, through the reconstruction of evolutionary kinship lines within the family Hominidae, working from biological evidence (such as petrified skeletal remains, bone fragments, footprints) and cultural ...
Dec 24, 2014 · Abstract. A array of relevant cranial, postcranial, and dental morphologies are reviewed in an attempt to delineate shared derived features that would unite a group that includes extant humans and their fossil relatives to the exclusion of other hominoids. This group is now often referred to as tribe Hominini, but systematic practicality ...
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A hominid is any member of the primate family Hominidae. Recent classification schemes for the apes place extinct and extant humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans in Hominidae, and thus technically hominid refers to members of these groups.
Mar 21, 2024 · Proper noun [ edit] Hominidae. A taxonomic family within the order Primates – great apes: chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans, and extinct relatives. ( archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Primates – humans and our extinct relatives, but excluding chimpanzees and orangutans . For many years it has been realized that the ...
