How are primates and hominids different?
Ok, In biology, the concept of “scientific classification” is a system in which organisms are grouped according to a certain characteristic or a certain structure in their body which they share. For example, a baboon can be classified into the kingdom animalia since it is a multicellular, eukaryotic animal and not into the kingdom plantae, which is a classification that is composed of plants. The Kingdoms animalia and plantae are further subdivided into subgroups called “phylum”, which is further subdivided into “class”, and so on, ending in the most specific classification group, the “species” The classification system usually follows this scheme, from general to specific: Kingdom –> Phylum –> Class –> Order –> Family –> Genus –> Species The difference between primates and hominids: a primate refers to members of the ORDER Primate which includes monkeys, lemurs and apes. A hominid is a member of the FAMILY Hominidae (great apes) which includes gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans,
