Hominids
Hominids
Hominids (pronounced /ˈhɒmɪnɪdz/), also known as great apes or anthropoids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes seven extant species in four genera: Pongo, the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan; Gorilla, the eastern and western gorilla; Pan, the common chimpanzee and the bonobo; and Homo, which includes modern humans and their extinct relatives.
Etymology
The term "hominid" is derived from the Latin hominis, meaning "of man", and the suffix -id, used in biological taxonomy to denote a family rank.
Related Terms
- Primates: The order to which hominids belong.
- Homininae: The subfamily that includes the African great apes and humans.
- Hominini: The tribe that includes the genus Homo and its closest relatives.
- Hominina: The subtribe that includes the genus Homo and its extinct relatives.
- Homo sapiens: The species to which all modern humans belong.
- Homo neanderthalensis: An extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans in the genus Homo, closely related to modern humans.
- Homo erectus: An extinct species of hominid that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene geological epoch.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Hominids
- Wikipedia's article - Hominids
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