"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hominidae" by people in Profiles.
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Great ape gestures: intentional communication with a rich set of innate signals. Anim Cogn. 2019 Jul; 22(4):471.
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Why human environments enhance animal capacities to use objects: Evidence from keas (Nestor notabilis) and apes (Gorilla gorilla, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus). J Comp Psychol. 2018 11; 132(4):419-426.
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What is a gesture? A meaning-based approach to defining gestural repertoires. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 Nov; 82:3-12.
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Great ape gestures: intentional communication with a rich set of innate signals. Anim Cogn. 2017 07; 20(4):755-769.
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Where have all the (ape) gestures gone? Psychon Bull Rev. 2017 02; 24(1):68-71.
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The gestural repertoire of the wild bonobo (Pan paniscus): a mutually understood communication system. Anim Cogn. 2017 Mar; 20(2):171-177.
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Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival. Trends Ecol Evol. 2015 Apr; 30(4):215-22.
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Evolutionary origins of human handedness: evaluating contrasting hypotheses. Anim Cogn. 2013 Jul; 16(4):531-42.
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Studying extant species to model our past. Science. 2010 Jan 22; 327(5964):410; author reply 410-1.
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Culture in great apes: using intricate complexity in feeding skills to trace the evolutionary origin of human technical prowess. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 Apr 29; 362(1480):577-85.