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Taxonomic classification of the superfamily Hominoidea , emphasizing the tribe Hominini. 𝄪 Tribe Hominini (lower left in graphic) comprises two genera, Homo and Pan ; while gorillas are classified as separate from these—as the single genus Gorilla of tribe Gorillini; all of subfamily Homininae.
The taxonomic classification of humans following John Edward Gray (1825). Human taxonomy on one hand involves the placement of humans within the taxonomy of the hominids (great apes), and on the other the division of archaic and modern humans into species and, if applicable, subspecies.
Homo (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses only a single extant species, Homo sapiens (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans; these include Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever ...
The Hominidae (/ h ɒ ˈ m ɪ n ɪ d iː /), whose members are known as the great apes [note 1] or hominids (/ ˈ h ɒ m ɪ n ɪ d z /), 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 which only modern humans ...
The skulls were significant not only in their set of unique features. Skull 5 was the first found completely preserved adult hominin skull from the Early Pleistocene, [4] and Skull 4 is the only toothless hominin discovered in such early sediments. [16] In addition to the skulls, about a hundred postcranial remains have been discovered. [4]
Species Date discovered Country Discovered by Now located at KNM-WT 17000 (The Black Skull) 2.50 Paranthropus aethiopicus: 1985 Kenya: Alan Walker: BOU-VP-12/130 [24] 2.50 Australopithecus garhi: 1997 Ethiopia: Yohannes Haile-Selassie: STS 71 [25] 2.61–2.07 Australopithecus africanus: 1947 Sterkfontein, South Africa: Robert Broom and John T ...
The species is characterized by a body mass and stature similar to small-bodied human populations, a smaller endocranial volume similar to Australopithecus, and a cranial morphology (skull shape) similar to early Homo species. The skeletal anatomy combines primitive features known from australopithecines with features known from early hominins ...