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Epic card · Nature
Hominidae, an Epic card
The Hominidae, whose members are known as the great apes, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo, Gorilla, Pan, and Homo, of which only modern humans remain.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 550,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Hominidae quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hominidae card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
However, by the 1990s humans and other apes were considered to be "______".
Answer
hominids. However, by the 1990s humans and other apes were considered to be "hominids". From the Hominidae article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andes. Andes 80 · Hominidae 77 · Bottom trawling 74 · Amethyst 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Hominidae. Hominidae 550,000 · Bottom trawling 27,000 · Grus 18,000 · Glossina morsitans 2,400 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Numerous revisions in classifying the great apes have caused the use of the term hominid to change over time.
- The original meaning of "hominid" referred only to humans and their closest extinct relatives.
- However, by the 1990s humans and other apes were considered to be "hominids".
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hominidae article was read about 550,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Hominidae
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hominidae (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jordan Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
