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Humans are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedalism, minimal body hair, and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced technology, culture, and
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Reconstruction of Lucy, the first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found
Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Medieval French manuscript illustration of the three classes of medieval society from the 13th-century Li Livres dou Santé
Hominidae
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The Hominidae, whose members are known as the great apes, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo; Gorilla; Pan; and Homo, of which only modern huma
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…going into a persistent vegetative state) and what the beginning of human personhood is. Humans belong to the biological family of great apes (family Hominidae, superfamily Hominoidea). The lineage of apes that eventually gave rise to humans first split from gibbons (family Hylobatidae), next orangutans (genus…
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Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)
A fossil hominid exhibit at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma