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qid 3190 · biology
Question: Define the termsAnthropoidea,Hominidaeand Hominoidea?
- Anthropoidea are the primitive primates. Hominoidea are the tailed anthropoids. Hominidae includes gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan.
- Anthropoidea are the higher primates excluding humans. Hominoidea consists of the lesser apes and the gibbons. Hominidae includes all the great apes, including humans and their immediate ancestors.
- Anthropoidea include all extinct primate species. Hominoidea are the arboreal primates. Hominidae consists of the new world monkeys and humans.
- Anthropoidea are the suborder of primates excluding prosimians. Hominoidea includes all non-ape primates. Hominidae is restricted to the African great apes.
- Anthropoidea encompass all primates. Hominoidea refers to the lesser apes and tarsiers. Hominidae includes only the modern human species.
- Anthropoidea are the lower primates. Hominoidea are the small apes. Hominidae includes fossil apes and modern apes.
- Anthropoidea are the New World monkeys. Hominoidea are the Old World monkeys. Hominidae includes gibbons.
- Anthropoidea are the branch of primates including lemurs and lorises. Hominoidea are the large-bodied apes. Hominidae consists of all modern and extinct monkeys.
- Anthropoidea are the higher primates. The superfamily Hominoidea is represented by great apes and man. The family Hominidae includes fossil men and modern man.
- Anthropoidea are the subgroup of primates that are neither monkeys nor apes. Hominoidea includes all bipedal primates. Hominidae is a group composed of modern humans and Neanderthals.
Our answer: I. Anthropoidea are the higher primates. The superfamily Hominoidea is represented by great apes and man. The family Hominidae includes fossil men and modern man. Source quote machine-checked (exact quote)
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Wikipedia, "Simiiformes"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simiiformes
“The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates (simian from Latin: simis, lit. 'monkey') are primates of the infraorder Simiiformes”
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