chimpanzee vs hominid

chimpanzee

noun
  • Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo. 

  • A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which is also known as the pygmy chimpanzee. 

hominid

noun
  • Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans. 

adj
  • Of the Hominidae. 

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