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pongidae

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Pongidae , or the Pongids , is an obsolete primate taxon containing the gorillas , chimpanzees , and orangutans . They are sometimes called "great apes". Pongidae is now known to be paraphyletic . Pongids gave rise to Hominina around seven mya . The corresponding ...

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Chimps, gorillas, and orangutans are classified as members of the Pongidae family, while humans are the only existing members of the Hominidae family.

I was a young man, I undertook the reclassification of the Pongidae, the Great Apes .

I was a young man, I undertook the reclassification of the Pongidae, the Great Apes.