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The Homoninid family tree has gotten fairly confusing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape#Changes_in_taxonomy_and_terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape#
by mcguire 3y ago
The Homoninid family tree has gotten fairly confusing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape#Changes_in_taxonomy_and_terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape#Changes_in_taxonomy_and_te...
You will often see mention of Hominin (Homo and Pan (chimpanzees), I think) as well, where you would have once heard Hominid.
- mkl 3y agoHominin doesn't include chimpanzees, but all members of the human tree after the split from chimpanzees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae
- mcguire 3y agoThanks! I couldn't remember the details and was trying to reconstruct it from the bio-Latin. :-)