hominids

1. The biological family that includes our species , Homo sapiens. This family has also included Neanderthals and other forerunners of today's humans, such as Australopithecus, Homo erectus, and Homo habilis . Today's human beings are the only surviving hominids.

Example Sentences

While brown bears don’t eat humans, they still kill about twice as many hominids as the North American black bear, mostly in protection of their cubs.

From Seattle Times

The authors add, "In wild chimpanzees, the intricacies of tool use learning continue into adulthood. This pattern supports ideas that large brains across hominids allow continued learning through the first two decades of life."

From Science Daily

Her search through sediment from various levels of the Ranis excavation turned up DNA from a broad array of mammals, but none from hominids.

From Science Daily

Previous work on Pierolapithecus suggests that an upright body plan preceded adaptations that allowed hominids to hang from tree branches and move among them.

From Science Daily

Since then, clear proof of systematic cannibalism among hominids has emerged in the fossil record.

From New York Times