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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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2005
Review
2005
Africa's wild C4 plant foods and possible early hominid diets.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Oreopithecus bambolii: an unlikely case of hominid-like grip capability in a Miocene ape.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The descent of hominoids and hominids.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Age and sex differences in the diet and feeding strategies of the green monkey, Cercopithecus sabaeus
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Regional continuity in Australasian Pleistocene hominid evolution.
A reconstruction of the Indonesian male Homo erectus specimen Sangiran 17 reveals a suite of features that suggests regional… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Extensive polymorphism in the mitochondrial DNA of apes.
Ape species are 2-10 times more variable than the human species with respect to the nucleotide sequence of mtDNA, even though ape… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
K–Ar age estimate for the KBS Tuff, East Turkana, Kenya
Stone tools and numerous vertebrate fossils including hominids, have been found in close stratigraphic proximity to the KBS Tuff… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
New geochronologic and palaeomagnetic data for the hominid-bearing Hadar Formation of Ethiopia
A 2.6 Myr K/Ar age has been derived for a primary unreworked tuff high in the hominid-bearing Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Evidence for an Advanced Plio-Pleistocene Hominid from East Rudolf, Kenya
Four specimens collected last year from East Rudolf are provisionally attributed to the genus Homo. One, a cranium KNM-ER 1470… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Hominid Humeral Fragment from Early Pleistocene of Northwestern Kenya
The distal end of a hominoid humerus was recovered from early Pleistocene sediments in the Kanapoi drainage near the southern end… 
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