Homininae

Homininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, which includes humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees which are native to Africa.^[1]

Homininae Temporal range: 12.5–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Three hominines: a human holding a young gorilla and a young chimpanzee.
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

Most importantly, it also includes extinct human relatives such as Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and earlier species of the genus Homo.^[2] It includes all those hominid species which arose after the split from the other great apes.

Classification (living members)

• Tribe Gorillini
  • Genus Gorilla
    • 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)
• Tribe Hominini
  • Genus Pan
    • 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)
  • Genus Homo
    • Human, (Homo sapiens)
      • Modern Human, (Homo sapiens sapiens)

Evolutionary tree of the superfamily Hominoidea