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Hominini
Taxonomy
Hominini was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Hominidae by Brown et al. (2004); and to Homininae by Andrews (1992), Harrison (2010).
It was assigned to Hominidae by Brown et al. (2004); and to Homininae by Andrews (1992), Harrison (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Hominini Gray |
| 1992 | Hominini Andrews p. 644 |
| 2004 | Hominini Brown et al. p. 1055 |
| 2010 | Hominini Harrison |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Tr. Hominini Gray 1825
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G. †Ardipithecus White et al. 1995
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†Ardipithecus kadabba Haile-Selassie et al. 2004
†Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. 1994
G. †Australopithecus Dart 1925 [australopithecine]
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†Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978
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Invalid names: Homo antiquus Ferguson 1984 [synonym], Homo antiquus praegens Ferguson 1989 [invalid subgroup], Praeanthropus afarensis Strait and Grine 2004 [synonym], Praeanthropus africanus Weinert 1950 [synonym]
†Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925
†Australopithecus anamensis Ward et al. 1999
†Australopithecus deyiremeda Haile-Selassie et al. 2015
†Australopithecus garhi Asfaw et al. 1999
†Australopithecus sediba Berger et al. 2010
Invalid names: Paraustralopithecus Arambourg and Coppens 1967 [synonym], Plesianthropus Broom 1938 [synonym], Zinjanthropus Leakey 1959 [synonym]
G. Homo Linnaeus 1758 [human]
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†Homo antecessor Bermudez de Castro 1997
†Homo floresiensis Brown et al. 2004 [hobbit]
†Homo georgicus Gabounia et al. 2002
†Homo habilis Leakey et al. 1964
†Homo heidelbergensis Schoetensack 1908
†Homo helmei Dreyer 1935
†Homo naledi Berger et al. 2015
†Homo neanderthalensis King 1864 [Neanderthal]
†Homo njarasensis Reck and Kohl-Larsen 1936
†Homo rhodesiensis Woodward 1921
†Homo rudolfensis Alexeev 1986
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 [human]
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Homo sapiens afer Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens americanus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens europaeus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens ferus Linnaeus 1758
†Homo sapiens idaltu White et al. 2003
Homo sapiens monstrosus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens asiaticus Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Africanthropus Dreyer 1935 [synonym], Atlanthropus Arambourg 1954 [synonym], Bimanes Gray 1821 [invalid subgroup], Cyphanthropus Pycraft 1928 [synonym], Kenyanthropus Leakey 2001 [synonym], Pithecanthropus Dubois 1894 [synonym], Protanthropus Haeckel 1895 [synonym], Sinanthropus Black 1927 [synonym], Tchadanthropus Coppens 1965 [synonym], Telanthropus Broom and Anderson 1949 [synonym]
Subtr. Panina Delson 1977
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G. Pan Oken 1816 [chimpanzee]
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Pan paniscus Schwartz 1929 [bonobo]
Pan troglodytes Blumenbach 1775 [chimpanzee]
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Pan troglodytes koolookamba Du Chaillu 1860
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii Giglioli 1872 [eastern chimpanzee]
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Invalid names: Simia (Anthropopithecus) cottoni Matschie 1912 [synonym]
Pan troglodytes troglodytes Blumenbach 1775 [central chimpanzee]
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Invalid names: Anthropopithecus ellioti Matschie 1914 [synonym], Troglodytes niger Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Troglodytes vellerosus Gray 1862 [synonym]
Pithecus satyrus wurmbii Tiedemann 1808
Invalid names: Pan africanus Oken 1816 [synonym], Pan satyrus Linnaeus 1758 [replaced]
Pan troglodytes verus Schwarz 1934 [western chimpanzee]
Invalid names: Anthropopithecus de Blainville 1839 [synonym], Bonobo Tratz and Heck 1954 [synonym], Chimpansee Voigt 1831 [synonym], Engeco Haeckel 1866 [synonym], Fsihego De Pauw 1905 [synonym], Hylanthropus Gloger 1841 [synonym], Mimetes Leach 1820 [synonym], Pongo Haeckel 1866 [synonym], Pseudanthropos Reichenbach 1862 [synonym], Theranthropus Brookes 1828 [synonym], Troglodytes Geoffroy 1812 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (308 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Ardipithecus kadabba (22139) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Kenya | Australopithecus africanus (22236) | |
| Messinian | Kenya | Australopithecus afarensis (22274) | |
| Messinian | Chad | Sahelanthropus tchadensis (59839) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Kenya (Turkana District) | Australopithecus africanus (21332) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | Australopithecus afarensis (22278 22338) Australopithecus anamensis (22234) | |
| Zanclean | Ethiopia | Australopithecus afarensis (22563 22567) Australopithecus ramidus (22160) Australopithecus sp. (22174) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya (Turkana District) | Australopithecus sp. (21336) | |
| Pliocene | Kenya (Western) | Australopithecus anamensis (232497) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Australopithecus africanus (22355) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Australopithecus afarensis (32050) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa (North West) | Australopithecus africanus (71071) | |
| Pliocene | Ethiopia | Australopithecus afarensis (22664) Hominidae indet. (21754) | |
| Pliocene | Ethiopia (Woranso–Mille) | Australopithecus deyiremeda (201474) | |
| Pliocene | Kenya | Australopithecus sp. (22321) | |
| Pliocene | Ethiopia (Afar) | Australopithecus garhi (70907) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | Australopithecus afarensis (22239) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Kenya | Australopithecus sp., Homo sp., Ardipithecus ramidus (22267) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Homo erectus (22335) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | Australopithecus indet., Australopithecus africanus (21791) | |