O rangutans belong to the Hominidae family, also called the great apes. They are highly intelligent and share around 96.4% of our DNA. Orangutans are the only great apes in Asia, making their ...

Traditionally, only human ancestors were placed in the family Hominidae (and thereby referred to as hominids). This reflected a view that humans are substantially different from the great apes ...

Scientists have classified the Australopithecus as a hominid genus. They belong to the Hominidae family. Australopithecus appeared and evolved before the genus Homo. The features of this hominid ...