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by wsgeorge 1103 days ago
I had the opposite idea: colloquially, "human" is us, homo sapiens, and hominid would be our ancestors and closest relations.
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There was a shift in how the word 'hominid' was used around the 1990s, largely due to the introduction of genetic classification if I understand correctly. Hominids (humans and close ancestors) used to be considered distinct from Pongoids, which were basically all other great apes including chimpanzees and bonobos. That taxonomy was retired, and all great apes are now considered hominids.