"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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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hominidae" by people in Profiles.
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Projecting the impact of an ebola virus outbreak on endangered mountain gorillas. Sci Rep. 2023 04 07; 13(1):5675.
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Familiarity mediates apes' attentional biases toward human faces. Proc Biol Sci. 2022 04 27; 289(1973):20212599.
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Great ape health watch: Enhancing surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in great apes. Am J Primatol. 2022 05; 84(4-5):e23379.
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Reply to Ben-Dor et al.: Oral bacteria of Neanderthals and modern humans exhibit evidence of starch adaptation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 09 14; 118(37).
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The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 05 18; 118(20).
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Evolution of water conservation in humans. Curr Biol. 2021 04 26; 31(8):1804-1810.e5.
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Hip extensor mechanics and the evolution of walking and climbing capabilities in humans, apes, and fossil hominins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 04 17; 115(16):4134-4139.
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Great ape walking kinematics: Implications for hominoid evolution. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2018 05; 166(1):43-55.
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Social Models Enhance Apes' Memory for Novel Events. Sci Rep. 2017 01 20; 7:40926.
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Testing the oxidative stress hypothesis of aging in primate fibroblasts: is there a correlation between species longevity and cellular ROS production? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Aug; 67(8):841-52.