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'''Hominidae''' is the [[biology|biological]] family of the "great apes."  The classification is at the high level of a biological "family," compassing many different [[genus|genii]] and [[species]].
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'''Hominidae''' is a [[biology|biological]] family of [[primates]]. '''Hominids''' are also called "'''great apes'''". The classification is at the high level of a biological "family," compassing many different [[genus|genii]] and [[species]], although there are only four recent genii.
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[[Evolution]]ary scientists place [[human]]s and [[gorilla]]s both in the classification ''hominidae,'' asserting that they are related across an allegedly vast time scale rejected by the [[Bible|Biblical]] account of [[Creation]].  [[Creation science|Creation scientists]] reject this classification for its evolutionary bias.  [[Baraminology]] is an alternate method of biological classification urged by creation scientists.
      
== Taxonomy ==
 
== Taxonomy ==
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*** Genus ''[[chimpanzee|Pan]]'': [[chimpanzee]]s
 
*** Genus ''[[chimpanzee|Pan]]'': [[chimpanzee]]s
 
*** Genus ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]'': [[human]]s
 
*** Genus ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]'': [[human]]s
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== Differing views ==
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[[Evolution]]ary scientists place [[human]]s and [[gorilla]]s both in the classification ''hominidae,'' asserting that they are related across an allegedly vast time scale rejected by the [[Bible|Biblical]] account of [[Creation]].  [[Creation science|Creation scientists]] reject this classification for its evolutionary bias. Creationists belive that humans were created on the sixth day of [[creation]] and not the fifth, which would render this classification false. [[Baraminology]] is an alternate method of biological classification urged by creation scientists.
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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