What is an hominid?

Question

Thankyou johnny.

Answer 1

A hominid is any member of the biological family Hominidae (the "great apes"), including the extinct and extant humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. This classification has been revised several times in the last few decades. These various revisions have led to a varied use of the word "hominid": The original meaning of Hominidae referred only to the modern meaning of Hominina, including only humans and their closest relatives. The meaning of the taxon changed gradually, leading to the modern meaning of "hominid" in which it includes all great apes.

Answer 2

A primate of the family Hominidae, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant species.

The existing great apes are not hominids. The only living hominids are humans.

Note: Beth, above is basically correct, although I think she meant to say "extinct". Of course, we are not extinct...;-)

Answer 3

I think they is a form of blowed-up corn. I think they makes griiz from them hommineys.

I think thet Jaysus wuz one o them homminieys Jaysus and them monkeys and all like thet!

Answer 4

a hominid is one of the great apes- it doesn't specifically mean an early human for example

Answer 5

A member of the genus Homo. Just some Homo Sapiens are better than others.

Answer 6

An animal of the family Hominidae, comprising man and his ancestors:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae

Try here for more information.

Answer 7

I belive a human, only an instinct one. Its like...Homo Habalis, or Homo Erectus.

Answer 8

hominid

Any member of the zoological family Hominidae (order Primates), which consists of the great apes (orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos) as well as human beings. Formerly, only humans (with their extinct forebears) were categorized as hominids, and the great apes were categorized as pongids — that is, members of the primate family Pongidae. However, morphological and molecular studies now indicate that humans are closely related to chimpanzees, while gorillas are more distant and orangutans more distant still. As a result, it has become more common among zoologists to consider humans and great apes to be hominids.