Mesh term Hominidae
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Description
Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes: gorillas (GORILLA GORILLA), chimpanzees (PAN PANISCUS and PAN TROGLODYTES), and orangutans (PONGO PYGMAEUS).Browse to child terms:
Gorilla gorilla
Humans
Neanderthals
Pan paniscus
Pan troglodytes
Pongo
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