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Hominin
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Hominin
A member of the family of humans, Hominidae, which consists of all species on the human side of the last common ancestor—the missing link of humans and living apes; some scientists include the great apes in the superfamily of all apes, the Hominoidea, whose members are called hominoids; biochemical evidence suggests that the last common ancestor of hominids and apes occurred between 5 and 10 million years ago
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In a clade-based system that seeks to depict the pattern of relationships accurately all belong within an extended family Hominidae, with the genera Homo, Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Ardipithecus separated at the tribal level as Hominini from the living African great apes of the tribe Gorillini.
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