hominid

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These included seven hominid species, or "great apes,"** such as humans, gorillas and chimpanzees, and nine hylobatid species, or "lesser apes,"*** such as gibbons.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

Our hominid ancestors were much smaller than we were and were easily preyed upon by big cats and big birds.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

"But it could be a different species - Homo erectus or Homo naledi - there were a number of hominid species around at that time in southern Africa."

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

A recent study offered the “oldest decisive evidence” that our ancient hominid ancestors ate one another.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Some zoological concepts applied to problems in evolution of the hominid lineage.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.