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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Hominoidea —man and closerelatives .
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Since the name Hominidae has priority over the name Pongidae, the new arrangement would assume the name Hominidae.
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Hominidae, which is made up by orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and humans.
Primates in the News 2009
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Hominology is related to Hominidae, the primate family including modern humans and their extinct immediate ancestors.
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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For perspective on the scale of evolutionary difference between genera, consider that modern humans and Neanderthals are different species within the same genus (Homo), while chimpanzees are our living relatives from a closely related genus (Pan), but that we share the same taxonomic family (Hominidae) with our chimp cousins.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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Hominidae is the taxonomic group that contains the apes orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, human.
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As you might have guessed we are not talking about an all-too-human Dana Plato, Todd Bridges or Corey-of-your-choice, but a fellow member of our family Hominidae who diverged from our species 6 million years ago.
Warren Holstein: Monkey Business: Travis the Celebrity Chimpanzee Attacks!!! 2009
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People are Human beings, of the family Hominidae by Nemo on Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 8: 10: 20 PM
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Besides, technically, chimps, gorillas, and orangutans are hominids, as they are all members of family Hominidae.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Scientific Evidence for the Lord of the Rings 2009
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Hominidae is the taxonomic group that contains the apes orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, human.
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Hominidae is the taxonomic group that contains the apes orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, human.
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