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Hominidae - Physiology
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Definition of 'Hominidae'Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes: gorillas (GORILLA GORILLA), chimpanzees (PAN PANISCUS and PAN TROGLODYTES), and orangutans (PONGO PYGMAEUS). Common names: Hominidae; Hominids; Hominid; Homo; Pongidae; Apes; Ape; Hominini; Homininus; Hominins; Hominin |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Reexamining human origins in light of Ardipithecus ramidus.
30 Sep 2009 
Referential models based on extant African apes have dominated reconstructions of early human evolution since Darwin's time. These models visualize fundamental human behaviors as intensifications of behaviors observed in living chimpanzees and/or ... Read more...
30 Sep 2009 Genomic comparisons have established the chimpanzee and bonobo as our closest living relatives. However, the intricacies of gene regulation and expression caution against the use of these extant apes in deducing the anatomical structure of the last ... Read more...
Combining prehension and propulsion: the foot of Ardipithecus ramidus.
30 Sep 2009 Several elements of the Ardipithecus ramidus foot are preserved, primarily in the ARA-VP-6/500 partial skeleton. The foot has a widely abducent hallux, which was not propulsive during terrestrial bipedality. However, it lacks the highly derived ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Hominidae - Physiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Fossil rewrites early human evolution.
6 Oct 2009 - Possible freshwater resource consumption by the earliest directly dated European modern humans: Implications for direct radiometric dating. 3 Oct 2009
- Reexamining human origins in light of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
- The great divides: Ardipithecus ramidus reveals the postcrania of our last common ancestors with African apes. 30 Sep 2009
- Combining prehension and propulsion: the foot of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
- The pelvis and femur of Ardipithecus ramidus: the emergence of upright walking. 30 Sep 2009
- Careful climbing in the Miocene: the forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and humans are primitive. 30 Sep 2009
- Ardipithecus ramidus and the paleobiology of early hominids. 30 Sep 2009
- Light on the origin of man. Ardipithecus ramidus. Introduction. 30 Sep 2009
- Video: the analysis of Ardipithecus ramidus--one of the earliest known hominids. 30 Sep 2009
- Ardipithecus ramidus. A new kind of ancestor: Ardipithecus unveiled. 30 Sep 2009
- Out of Africa: modern human origins special feature: human origins: out of Africa. 19 Sep 2009
- Can hominin 'handedness' be accurately assessed? 30 Aug 2009
- Out of Africa: modern human origins special feature: additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa. 26 Aug 2009
- Ape and human similarities can be deceptive. 11 Aug 2009
- Independent evolution of knuckle-walking in African apes shows that humans did not evolve from a knuckle-walking ancestor. 8 Aug 2009
- Childhood, adolescence, and longevity: A multilevel model of the evolution of reserve capacity in human life history. 29 Jun 2009
- The evolution of the anatomically modern or advanced Homo sapiens: time, place, process, affinities and variations.
30 May 2009 - Comparing dogs and great apes in their ability to visually track object transpositions. 25 May 2009
- Biomechanical allometry in hominoid thoracic vertebrae. 6 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Hominidae'
Definition: Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes: gorillas (GORILLA GORILLA), chimpanzees (PAN PANISCUS and PAN TROGLODYTES), and orangutans (PONGO PYGMAEUS).
Descriptor UI: D015186
Alternative terms: Hominidae; Hominids; Hominid; Homo; Pongidae; Apes; Ape; Hominini; Homininus; Hominins; Hominin;
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; psychology; surgery; urine; virology;
Tree Number: B01.150.900.649.801.400.112.400;
History Note: 89
Technical Notes: diseases: coordinate IM with PRIMATE DISEASES (IM); note X ref APES: diseases in an unspecified ape, index APE DISEASES (IM) + HOMINIDAE (NIM); extinct humans (Homo sp. other than Homo sapiens) go here but neanderthals are indexed with both HUMANS + HOMINIDAE