Homininae

Homininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, which includes humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees.

Homininae
Common chimpanzee in Cameroon's South Province
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Superfamily:	Hominoidea
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae
Gorillini Hominini

Most importantly, it also includes extinct human relatives such as Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and earlier species of the genus Homo. 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