WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hominid – the group consisting of all modern and extinct Great Apes (that is, modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans plus all their immediate ancestors).

Detailed explanation-2: -A team of scientists, led by Prof Andy Herries, recently discovered three different hominin species-Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and the earliest-known Homo erectus-lived in the same place at the same time.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first hominid to be considered human and therefore given the genus name Homo appeared probably about 2, 000, 000 years ago. Called Homo habilis meaning “handy man, ‘’ it had a much larger brain than Australopithecus and is known to have used stone tools.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Hominin’ is a term given to humans and all of our extinct bipedal ancestors – those ancestors who walked upright on two feet. ‘Hominid’ is the term given to all modern and extinct great apes, including humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and all their immediate ancestors.