The Hominidae (iː; also known as great apes) form a taxonomic family of primates, including four extant genera: The term `hominid` is also used in the more restricted sense as hominins or `humans and relatives of humans closer than chimpanzees`. In this usage, all hominid species other than Homo sapiens are extinct. A number of known extinct ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae
in zoology, one of the two living families of the ape superfamily Hominoidea, the other being the Hylobatidae (gibbons). Hominidae includes the great ... [12 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/65
Family of the suborder haplorhini (anthropoidea). It includes homo sapiens (modern man), the only human species still in existence. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973