Hominini

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? Hominini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Superfamily: Hominoidea Family: Hominidae Subfamily: Homininae Tribe: Hominini
Genera
Pan (chimpanzees) Homo (humans) Paranthropus (extinct) Australopithecus (extinct) Sahelanthropus (extinct) Orrorin (extinct) Ardipithecus (extinct) Kenyanthropus (extinct)

Hominini is the tribe of Homininae that only includes humans, chimpanzees, and their extinct ancestors. The creation of this taxon is the result of the current idea that the least similar species of a trichotomy should be separated from the other two. Members of the tribe are called hominins (cf. hominids).