A hominid is a member of the scientific family that includes human beings and our closest animal relatives.

A hominid is a member hominid是指...的成員 of the scientific family屬於某個科學分類科 that includes human beings and our closest animal relatives這個科包含人類和我們最近緣的動物親戚。

In older schoolbooks, hominid often meant “humans and the extinct walking apes we came from” — fossils like Australopithecus, Neanderthals, and so on — and it left chimpanzees and gorillas out. Many scientists now use the family Hominidae more widely, for the great apes: humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. So two books may not mean the same group; the tidy classroom picture has moved.

In older schoolbooks在較舊的教科書裡, hominid often meant hominid常常是指 “humans and the extinct walking apes we came from”「人類，以及我們演化而來、已滅絕的直立猿類」 — fossils like Australopithecus, Neanderthals, and so on像南方古猿、尼安德塔人之類的化石 — and it left chimpanzees and gorillas out而把黑猩猩和大猩猩排除在外。Many scientists now use現在很多科學家用 the family Hominidae more widelyHominidae這個科用得更廣, for the great apes涵蓋大猿: humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans人類、黑猩猩、大猩猩和紅毛猩猩。So所以 two books may not mean the same group兩本書可能指的不是同一群; the tidy classroom picture has moved教科書那張整齊的圖已經變了。

It is a biology and museum word, not a chatting word. In daily life you say humans; you say hominid when you are sorting bones, family trees, or labels in a glass case.

It is a biology and museum word這是生物學和博物館用字, not a chatting word不是聊天用字。In daily life日常生活 you say humans你會說humans（人類）; you say hominid但你會說hominid when you are sorting bones, family trees, or labels in a glass case當你在整理骨頭、家族樹或玻璃櫃標籤時。

It is not humanoid, which is mostly a science-fiction word for something merely shaped like a person.

It is not它不是 humanoid humanoid, which is mostly a science-fiction word主要是科幻用字 for something merely shaped like a person指的是外形像人的東西而已。