Pongidae /ˈpɒndʒɪdiː/, or the pongids is an obsolete primate taxon containing chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.

The words "Pongidae" and "pongids" are sometimes used informally for the primate taxon containing orangutans and their extinct fossil relations.

The orangutans are the only surviving species of the subfamily Ponginae, which genetically diverged from the other hominids (gorillas, chimpanzees and humans) between 19.3 and 15.7 million years ago.

The great ape (formerly pongid) skull contains the following features that are absent or less pronounced in humans: The following great ape (formerly Pongid) adaptations are for arboreal and knuckle walking locomotion and are not found in humans: The australopithecines show intermediate character states between great apes (formerly pongids) and humans, with Homo erectus (formerly Pithecanthropus) intermediate between australopithecines and humans.

Members of the genus Homo share many key features with anatomically modern man.