KidzSearch - Safe Search Engine     

   web | images | video | facts | wiki | news | games | kidztube | apps




   Related Content
    • hominidae books for kids


Not Finding Your Answer?
Post It On KidzTalk Homework Help


   Report a search problem







COMPANY RESOURCES LINKS SOCIAL
contact us education daily journal home facebook
about us make us your default search kidztalk twitter  
terms/privacy blocking websites kidznet pinterest  
advertise teacher zone wiki    
media link to us learning sites    
business / api solutions add a site image search    
affiliate program kidzsearch apps kidztube    
play youtube on kidzsearch games    
  voice search music    
  report a problem cool facts    
  settings news    
    search help    
       
         










 mobile version

      Copyright 2005-2024 KidzSearch.com 

Hominidae
Temporal range: Miocene to Recent
Hominidae (extant species).jpg
The eight living Hominidae species
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Primates
Superfamily:Hominoidea
Family:Hominidae
A fossil hominid exhibit at the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City

The hominids are members of the biological family Hominidae (the great apes). This family includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. "Great ape" is a common name rather than a taxonomic label, and people use it in different ways. Sometimes people mean to include humans in the category of “great apes,” and sometimes they mean non-human apes. Homo sapiens is definitely a hominid, as judged by all modern reference works.

Hominids range in weight from 48 kg to 270 kg. Males are larger than females. Hominids are primates with no tails, strong bodies, and well-developed forearms. Their thumbs (and big toes, except in humans) oppose the fingers, and form a grip. All digits have flattened nails.

 view more...