hominid
or hom·o·nid
any member of the family Hominidae, consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans), and all their immediate ancestors.: See also hominin.
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That makes the older chimp lineage a closer relative of early hominids.
Ardi may have been more chimplike than initially thought — or not | Bruce Bower | February 24, 2021 | Science NewsThese new models of how ancient thumbs worked underscore the slowness of hominid hand evolution, says paleoanthropologist Matthew Tocheri of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada.
Humanlike thumb dexterity may date back as far as 2 million years ago | Bruce Bower | January 28, 2021 | Science NewsWidely scattered hominid groups began to trade with one another to obtain suitable toolmaking rock and other resources.
How environmental changes may have helped make ancient humans more adaptable | Bruce Bower | October 21, 2020 | Science NewsAround that time, hominids at a site called Olorgesailie in what’s now Kenya transformed their culture.
How environmental changes may have helped make ancient humans more adaptable | Bruce Bower | October 21, 2020 | Science NewsThese changes heralded a series of booms and busts in the resources hominids needed to survive, Potts and his colleagues report October 21 in Science Advances.
How environmental changes may have helped make ancient humans more adaptable | Bruce Bower | October 21, 2020 | Science News
Fossils, skulls, and hominid exhibitions throughout the caves are quite something.
Last Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a remarkable story about the discovery of two hominid fossils in South Africa.
If so, it is certainly not chimpanzee nor close to the Apes, but decidedly hominid.
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British Dictionary definitions for hominid
/ (ˈhɒmɪnɪd) /
any primate of the family Hominidae, which includes modern man (Homo sapiens) and the extinct precursors of man
of, relating to, or belonging to the Hominidae
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Scientific definitions for hominid
[ hŏm′ə-nĭd ]
Any of various primates of the family Hominidae, whose only living members are modern humans. Hominids are characterized by an upright gait, increased brain size and intelligence compared with other primates, a flattened face, and reduction in the size of the teeth and jaw. Besides the modern species Homo sapiens, hominids also include extinct species of Homo (such as H. erectus) and the extinct genus Australopithecus. In some classifications, the family Hominidae also includes the anthropoid apes.
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