"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hominidae" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hominidae" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hominidae" by people in Profiles.
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Trabecular Architecture of the Proximal Tibia in Extant Hominids. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2025 Jul; 187(3):e70084.
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Cranial vault thickness, its internal organization, and its relationship with endocranial shape in Neanderthals and modern humans. J Hum Evol. 2025 Jul; 204:103683.
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Locomotor signals in the trabecular structure of the hominoid clavicle. J Anat. 2025 08; 247(2):284-303.
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Cortical bone architecture of hominid intermediate phalanges reveals functional signals of locomotion and manipulation. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2024 05; 184(1):e24902.
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Cortical bone distribution of the proximal phalanges in great apes: implications for reconstructing manual behaviours. J Anat. 2023 11; 243(5):707-728.
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Widespread extinctions of co-diversified primate gut bacterial symbionts from humans. Nat Microbiol. 2023 06; 8(6):1039-1050.
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Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus. Nature. 2023 05; 617(7959):45-54.
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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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Hominin locomotion and evolution in the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene. J Hum Evol. 2023 05; 178:103332.
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The ecology and epidemiology of malaria parasitism in wild chimpanzee reservoirs. Commun Biol. 2022 09 27; 5(1):1020.