Question

Members of Hominidae are
a. Man, Lemur, Ape
b. Man, Chimpanzee, Gorilla
c. Monkey. Ape, Lemur
d. Chimpanzee, Lemur, Ape

Answer 1

Hominidae where the members of those families are called hominids, which belongs to the taxonomic family primates, where they contain 8 extant species with four genera are present.

Complete answer:
- This Hominidae contains the great members called apes, and it also contains the genera of Gorilla, chimpanzee, and the Homo which means modern humans.
- The original meaning of the Hominidae generally refers to humans, anyhow humans, apes and their existing ancestors are considered as hominids.
- Generally, the most common ancestors, that recent one of hominids, lived past 14 million years ago.
- Nakalipeithecius fossils represent the species which are close to the common ancestors of the Gorilla chimpanzee and humans.
- The Gorillas and the chimpanzees are split from the line lineage to humans, which is about 4 to 8 million years ago.
- About 98.4% of the genetic match is done between the humans and the chimpanzees.
- The great apes are the tailless primates, they have the smallest living species with them.
- Among all great apes, males are stronger and larger than all females.
- Most of the species are omnivores but the chimpanzee primarily eats the fruits.
- When coming to a gorilla, if there is any shortage of food, they eat shoots, leaves, and bamboo, and sometimes grasses.
- Even though they have sharp and strong teeth they mainly feed on fruits and vegetables, which is the reason humans have smaller teeth compared to their ancestors because of the shortage of using them.

So from the all above explanation, Man, Chimpanzee and gorilla belong to the hominids.
Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Generally gorilla groups stay together, where males have the ability to monopolize the females in the group because the fact is that gorillas show great sexual dimorphism compared to the females.