Thus it would make more sense to separate out Pongo orangutan, the type genus of the Pongidae. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Selam - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Our closest primate relatives are the Pongidae, the so-called anthropoid apes, including the chimpanzee and the gorilla. From Wordnik.com. [C. Human Origins (4 Million to 1.8 Million Years Ago)] Reference
Traditionally this taxon has been restricted to modern humans and their non-ape fossil ancestors, with the apes belonging to sister taxa, the Hylobatidae (gibbons and siamangs) and the Pongidae (great apes). From Wordnik.com. [Meet Selam - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The clearest expression of the resistance to this notion is that chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are still assigned to a separate family, Pongidae, while humans and their ancestors have been placed in their own family, the Hominidae. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest for Adam] Reference
The research of more than a century has shown that the many similarities in behavior and physical characteristics between Hominidae (hominids) and Pongidae can be explained by identical characteristics that each group inherited millions of years ago from a common ancestor. From Wordnik.com. [C. Human Origins (4 Million to 1.8 Million Years Ago)] Reference
Since the name Hominidae has priority over the name Pongidae, the new arrangement would assume the name Hominidae. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
APES AND MEN The second catarrhine family is Pongidae fpon'jih-dee), which includes the animals known as "apes.". From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Pongidae family. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 61] Reference
Pongidae, 154. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
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