HINK YOU KNOW YOUR FAMILY? Well, think again. You might call yourself a Jones or a Patel, but you’re also a hominid – a great ape belonging to the family Hominidae. Bigger and brainer than all other primates, great apes are also distinguished by their sophisticated social structures and the way they exhibit culture. As well as humans, the family comprises orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees – the latter two are our closest genetic relatives, sharing 98.7
