Three hominines – an adult human male (Leonard Carmichael) holding a juvenile gorilla (left) and a juvenile chimpanzee (right). Homininae (the hominines), is a subfamily of the family Hominidae (hominids).

The Hominidae (/ hɒˈmɪnɪdiː /), whose members are known as the great apes[note 1] or hominids (/ ˈhɒmɪnɪdz /), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of whi...

The Hominini (hominins) form a taxonomic tribe of the subfamily Homininae (hominines). They comprise two extant genera: Homo (humans) and Pan (chimpanzees and bonobos), and in standard usage exclude the genus Gorilla (gorillas), which is grouped separately within the subfamily Homininae.

Mar 31, 2025 · These forms and hominins make up the hominid subfamily Homininae. Some researchers consider hominins to be African great apes because of their shared ancestry with modern gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos, but this remains a matter of significant debate in paleontology and anthropology.

At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of...

Hominin – the group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors (including members of the genera Homo, Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Ardipithecus). The term ‘hominid’ used to have the same meaning that ‘hominin’ now has.

Mar 28, 2025 · Hominidae, in zoology, one of the two living families of the ape superfamily Hominoidea, the other being the Hylobatidae (gibbons). Hominidae includes the great apes—that is, the orangutans (genus Pongo), the gorillas (Gorilla), and the chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan)—as well as human beings (Homo).

Subfamily Homininae (African apes and humans) 3 genera, 4 living species. Traditionally, zoologists divided subfamily Homininae into 2 “tribes”: Gorillini, containing the gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos and their extinct ancestors, and Hominini, containing the “hominins,” or humans and their extinct ancestors.

Sep 28, 2023 · Hominids constitute the biological family of bipedal primates, encompassing chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and humans, among other animal species. Hominins are a category within hominids.

Dec 10, 2017 · Hominid refers to a group of primates, consisting of all modern and extinct Great apes. This includes modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans plus all their immediate ancestors. Hominidae is the name of the family wherein hominid is the common name of this primate group.