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History of
hominoid taxonomy, for a
discussion of
changes in
scientific classification and
terminology regarding hominoids.
Although the
hominoid fossil record...
- is a
superfamily of primates.
Members of this
superfamily are
called hominoids or apes, and
include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos...
- and
middle Miocene. The most
recent of
these far-flung
Miocene apes (
hominoids) is Oreopithecus, from the fossil-rich coal beds in
northern Italy and...
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excludes Pan).
Genetic analysis combined with
fossil evidence indicates that
hominoids diverged from the Old
World monkeys about 25
million years ago (Mya),...
- to
about 10
million years ago.
Ankarapithecus Griphopithecus History of
hominoid taxonomy Human evolutionary genetics Khoratpithecus Lufengpithecus Sharma...
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within a
clade is said to be
nested within that clade. In the diagram, the
hominoid clade, i.e. the apes and humans, is
nested within the
primate clade. Two...
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Humans are the longest-lived
hominid species, with
Jeanne Calment being the
oldest confirmed hominid after living 122 years.
Other members of the Hominidae...
- "Eurasian
hominoid evolution in the
light of
recent Dryopithecus findings". In de Bonis, L.; Koufos, G. D.; Andrews, P. (eds.).
Hominoid evolution and...
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However this also
contains the
hominoids, so that
monkeys are, in
terms of
currently recognized taxa, non-
hominoid simians.
Colloquially and pop-culturally...
- and why a
single point has so far been hard to
track down.
History of
hominoid taxonomy List of
human evolution fossils (with images)
Based on a revision...
