Q. Humans belong to the family

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Solution:

Hominidae family includes human. Homo sapiens sapiens is known as ''modern man''which start to form colonies and start agriculture. Humans belong to the Primate order. This order has three main sub-orders: 1. Lemuroidae (including Lemurs, Loris); 2. Tarsiidae (including Tarsier) and 3. Anthropoidae (including Man, Monkey and Apes). There are two tribes in Antrhopoidae, (i) Platyrrhina (New World Monkey), and (ii) Catarrhina (Old World Monkey). There are three Families in Tribe Catarrhina, namely:
1. Pongidae is a family include chimpanzee, gorilla and other extant apes.
2. Cercopithecidae included old world monkey.
3. Hominidae includes Man.