Assertion: great ape | /r/IsA | the family
Facets:
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of the fact
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Formerly, all the great apes except humans were classified as the family Pongidae, which conveniently provided for separating the human family from the apes; see The "great apes" in Pongidae.
text: The great apes were formerly classified in their own family, Pongidae, but, because of their extremely close relation to humans and the fact that orangutans, gorillas, and chimpanzees are not as closely related to each other as chimpanzees are to humans, all are now grouped with humans in the family Hominidae.