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Hominidae

Known as: Hominid, Hominids, Pongidae 
Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes… 
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Broader (4)

AnthropoideaHaplorhiniHominoideanonhuman primates
AnthropologyHylobates GenusHylobatidaeIn Blood

Narrower (8)

Genus HomoGorilla <Western Gorilla>Gorilla <genus>Hominini

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Review
2013
Review
2013
Variable NK cell receptors and their MHC class I ligands in immunity, reproduction and human evolution
Natural killer (NK) cells have roles in immunity and reproduction that are controlled by variable receptors that recognize MHC… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Evolutionary Relationships of Wild Hominids Recapitulated by Gut Microbial Communities
Although bacteria are continually acquired over the lifetime of an individual, the phylogenetic relationships of great ape… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Back to the future: museum specimens in population genetics.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Personality and risk-taking: common biosocial factors.
The first part of this article describes a study of the relationships between personality and risk-taking in six areas: smoking… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Environment and behavior of 2.5-million-year-old Bouri hominids.
The Hata Member of the Bouri Formation is defined for Pliocene sedimentary outcrops in the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. The… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Early hominid evolution and ecological change through the African Plio-Pleistocene.
The habitats in which extinct hominids existed has been a key issue in addressing the origin and extinction of early hominids, as… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
An introduction to human evolutionary anatomy
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Genetic and fossil evidence for the origin of modern humans.
The origin of living Homo sapiens has once again been the subject of much debate. Genetic data on present human population… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Trampling as a cause of bone surface damage and pseudo-cutmarks
There have been many recent observations of trampling and its effect on bone surfaces1–8 as well as some experimental… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Cutmarks made by stone tools on bones from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Fossils from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, show cutmarks which establish that hominids were using stone tools on animal tissues during… 
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