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The term '''hominid''' is used by modern biologists to refer to humans, as well as the great apes, including gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and their ancestors up to several millions of years ago.

The taxonomic term '''hominid''' is used by modern biologists to refer to humans, as well as the "great apes," including gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and their ancestors up to several millions of years ago.

It is also commonly, but incorrectly, used by scientists and others to refer to [[prehistory|prehistoric]] [[cave men]] alone. Most dictionaries still use this latter definition.

It is also colloquially used to refer to species ancestral to modern humans, including Australopithecus, Paranthropus, Ardipithecus, and Homo though the correct term for this group is '''hominina'''.

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