Hominid: A primate of a family (Hominidae) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.

Orrorin Tugenensis ● 6 million years ago ● Smaller Canine Teeth ● No skull found yet ● Leg bones indicate it was bipedal

● Walked bipedally but hunched over ● Pelvis more like a human's than a chimpanzee's ● Hands more like a human's than a chimpanzee's ● Foramen magnum almost directly below the skull