 Hominidae
"Hominidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 ID |
D015186
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Hominini- Hominini
- Homininus
- Hominins
- Hominin
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2015 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hominidae" by people in Profiles.
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Prang TC, Tocheri MW, Patel BA, Williams SA, Orr CM. Ardipithecus ramidus ankle provides evidence for African ape-like vertical climbing in the earliest hominins. Commun Biol. 2025 Oct 15; 8(1):1454.
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Mongle CS, Orr CM, Tocheri MW, Prang TC, Grine FE, Feibel C, Patel BA, Laureijs O, Hobbs TE, Maiolino S, Rossie J, Mbogo W, Du Plessis A, Lonyericho J, Woto Huka W, Sale H, Umuro A, Yirgudo P, Dalacha I, Kirinya M, Linga E, Loki R, Longaye A, Longaye M, Lonyericho E, Loyapan I, Nakudo N, Nyete C, Leakey MG, Leakey LN. New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei. Nature. 2025 11; 647(8091):944-951.
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Berger LR, Makhubela TV, Molopyane K, Krüger A, Randolph-Quinney P, Elliott M, Peixotto B, Fuentes A, Tafforeau P, Beyrand V, Dollman K, Jinnah Z, Brewer Gillham A, Broad K, Brophy J, Chinamatira G, Dirks PHGM, Feuerriegel E, Gurtov A, Hlophe N, Hunter L, Hunter R, Jakata K, Jaskolski C, Morris H, Pryor E, Mpete M, Roberts EM, Smilg JS, Tsikoane M, Tucker S, Van Rooyen D, Warren K, Wren CD, Kissel M, Spikins P, Hawks J. Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi. Elife. 2025 Sep 01; 12.
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Bolter DR, Cameron N, Wolfe CA, Boughner JC, Mahoney P, Schell L, Monson TA, Molopyane K, Berger L, Bernstein R, Churchill SE, Elton S, Hawks J, Leece AB, Pruetz J, Stull KE. Palaeoanthropology and the study of pre-adult fossil remains. Ann Hum Biol. 2025 Jun; 52(sup1):2512021.
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Goldstein DM, Harper CM, Solís M, Orr CM, Almécija S, Tocheri MW, Jashashvili T, Patel BA. Whole-bone shape of hominoid manual proximal phalanges. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2026 Feb; 309(2):245-270.
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Chapman TJ, Walker C, Churchill SE, Marchi D, Vereecke EE, DeSilva JM, Zipfel B, Hawks J, Jan SVS, Berger LR, Throckmorton Z. Long legs and small joints: The locomotor capabilities of Homo naledi. J Anat. 2025 06; 246(6):892-906.
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Wroblewski TH, Witt KE, Lee SB, Malhi RS, Peede D, Huerta-Sánchez E, Villanea FA, Claw KG. Pharmacogenetic Variation in Neanderthals and Denisovans and Implications for Human Health and Response to Medications. Genome Biol Evol. 2023 12 01; 15(12).
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Sorrentino R, Carlson KJ, Orr CM, Pietrobelli A, Figus C, Li S, Conconi M, Sancisi N, Belvedere C, Zhu M, Fiorenza L, Hublin JJ, Jashashvili T, Novak M, Patel BA, Prang TC, Williams SA, Saers JPP, Stock JT, Ryan T, Myerson M, Leardini A, DeSilva J, Marchi D, Belcastro MG, Benazzi S. Morphological and evolutionary insights into the keystone element of the human foot's medial longitudinal arch. Commun Biol. 2023 10 19; 6(1):1061.
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Bolter DR, Cameron N, Hawks J, Churchill SE, Berger L, Bernstein R, Boughner JC, Elton S, Leece AB, Mahoney P, Molopyane K, Monson TA, Pruetz J, Schell L, Stull KE, Wolfe CA. Addressing the growing fossil record of subadult hominins by reaching across disciplines. Evol Anthropol. 2023 08; 32(4):180-184.
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Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Tolan D, Nakagawa T, Ishimoto T, Andres-Hernando A, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Stenvinkel P. The fructose survival hypothesis for obesity. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 09 11; 378(1885):20220230.
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