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Phylogeny in part from Purvis (1995).

Containing group: Catarrhini

Other Names for Hominidae

• Humans, great apes, and their extinct relatives

References

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Information on the Internet

• Hominidae. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Animal Diversity Web.
• Fossil Of Earliest Hominid Known Found In Ethiopia. UniSci Science and Research News, July 2001.
• New early human fossils. Nature Science Update, July 2001.
• Hominid fossils show their age. BBC News April 2003.
• Amazing hominid haul in Ethiopia. BBC News January 2005.
• Scientists unearth early skeleton. BBC News March 2005.
• Fossils fill gap in human lineage. BBC News April 2006.
• Ethiopian fossils link ape-men with earlier hominids. UCBerkeleyNews April 2006.
• Living Links. A Center for the Advanced Study of Ape and Human Evolution.