What is a hominid? What is a primate? How are they different?
2007-02-21 14:55:04 · 8 answers · asked by Sarah S 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A hominid is any member of the biological family Hominidae (the "great apes"), including the extinct and extant humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
A primate (L. prima, first) is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans.
2007-02-21 15:02:11 · answer #1 · answered by bittersw33et 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a hominid is a member of a primate family including humans: a primate belonging to a family of which the modern human being is the only species still in existence.
Family: Hominidae and a primate is a member of mammal order: a member of an order of mammals with a large brain and complex hands and feet, including humans, apes, and monkeys.
Order: Primates
2007-02-28 09:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by maureen ava 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hominid
any species of the primate family Hominidae. The australopithecines and humans are hominids
A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. The English singular primate is a back-formation from the Latin name Primates, which itself was the plural of the Latin primas ("one of the first, excellent, noble"). Colin Groves lists about 350 species of primates in Primate Taxonomy.
2007-02-21 23:04:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hominid is any member of the biological family Hominidae (the "great apes"), including the extinct and extant humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
A primate (L. prima, first) is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans.
2007-02-21 23:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by upasana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Hominid - characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures
2. Primate - any of various omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, great apes, gibbons, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys), Prosimii (lemurs, loris, and their allies), and Tarsioidea (tarsiers), esp. distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and by complex flexible behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability.
I hope this helped you out. Sorry I couldn't say how they were different, but I'm sure you can tell from reading the definitions. Good luck! :]
2007-02-21 23:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by [[Abby]] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We and the great apes are primates. A hominid is the former term applied to our distant ancestors, prior to around 150,000 years ago, when Homo Sapiens Sapiens did not exist. The new term is hominin (s). See Google and Wikipedia.
2007-02-21 23:05:24 · answer #6 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess a primate is a hominid 'coz hominid is an order...and primate is a family?
2007-02-28 06:31:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hominid: a primate of the family Hominidae, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant species.
Primates, are mammal ---- which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.
the difference is self explanatory
2007-02-21 23:04:51 · answer #8 · answered by Diamond in the Rough 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋