Homininae

Homininae Temporal range:
Three hominines: ahumanholding a younggorillaand a youngchimpanzee.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae Gray,1825
Type species
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Tribe
†Dryopithecini Gorillini Hominini sister:Ponginae

Homininaeis a subfamily ofHominidae,which includeshumans,gorillas,andchimpanzeeswhich are native toAfrica.

Most importantly, it also includes extinct human relatives such asArdipithecus,Australopithecus,and earlier species of thegenusHomo.It includes all those hominidspecieswhich arose after the split from the other great apes.

Classification (living members)

• Tribe Gorillini
  • GenusGorilla
    • Western gorilla,(Gorilla gorilla)
      • Western lowland gorilla,(Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
      • Cross River gorilla,(Gorilla gorilla diehli)
    • Eastern gorilla,(Gorilla beringei)
      • Mountain gorilla,(Gorilla beringei beringei)
      • Eastern Lowland gorilla,(Gorilla beringei graueri)
• TribeHominini
  • GenusPan
    • Common chimpanzee,(Pan troglodytes)
      • Central chimpanzee,(Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
      • West African chimpanzee,(Pan troglodytes verus)
      • Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee,(Pan troglodytes ellioti)
      • Eastern chimpanzee,(Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
    • Bonobo(Pygmy chimpanzee), (Pan paniscus)
  • GenusHomo
    • Human,(Homo sapiens)
      • Modern Human, (Homo sapiens sapiens)

Evolutionary tree of the superfamilyHominoidea