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:::: No, it is not acceptable. On what basis do you say the latter usage is "incorrect"? Someone has proposed a new definition of "hominid" a few years ago. Maybe it will catch on, and maybe it won't. In the meantime, people need to know how to interpret the word "hominid" when they read it. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 15:42, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
:::: No, it is not acceptable. On what basis do you say the latter usage is "incorrect"? Someone has proposed a new definition of "hominid" a few years ago. Maybe it will catch on, and maybe it won't. In the meantime, people need to know how to interpret the word "hominid" when they read it. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 15:42, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
:::::I've edited to explain the difference between the taxonomic term and the colloquial term, as well as including the correct term for those species that are transitional between hominidae and homo sapiens sapiens. [[User:JohnSmith|JohnSmith]] 15:45, 12 May 2007 (EDT)