Jacob Miller's List: Biology Evolution

A HOMINID is any member of the biological family Hominade (the "great apes"), including the extinct and extant humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. This classification has been revised several times in the last few decades. These various revisions have led to a varied use of the word "hominid": the original meaning of Hominidae referred only to the modern meaning of Homania, i.e. only humans and their closest relatives. The meaning of the taxon changed gradually, leading to the modern meaning of "hominid," which includes all great apes.
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<br /> * A hominoid, commonly called an ape, is a member of the superfamily
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<br /> * Hominoidea: extant members are the lesser apes (gibbons) and great apes.
<br /> * A hominine is a member of the subfamily Homininae: gorillas, chimpanzees, humans (excludes orangutans).
<br /> * A hominin is a member of the tribe Hominini: bonobos, chimpanzees and humans.
<br /> * A hominan is a member of the sub-tribe Hominina: modern humans and their extinct relatives.
<br /> * A human is a member of the genus Homo, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant species, and within that Homo sapiens sapiens is the only surviving subspecies.