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* '''Hominin''' – the group consisting of [https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-sapiens-modern-humans/ modern humans], extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors (including members of the genera Homo, Australopithecus, [https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/paranthropus-species/ Paranthropus] and Ardipithecus). | * '''Hominin''' – the group consisting of [https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-sapiens-modern-humans/ modern humans], extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors (including members of the genera Homo, Australopithecus, [https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/paranthropus-species/ Paranthropus] and Ardipithecus). | ||
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Revision as of 21:24, 9 August 2022
The Australian Museum provides a helpful definition of the terms hominid and hominin:
- Hominid – the group consisting of all modern and extinct Great Apes (that is, modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans plus all their immediate ancestors).
- 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).
