Hominid

Hominids; Vargu kohor: messinian – sot, 7–0 Ma Mes Palc Eocene Oligc Miocene P Q
	Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)
Klasifikimi shkencor
Mbretëria:	Animalia
Filumi:	Chordata
Klasa:	Mammalia
Rendi:	Primates
Nënrendi:	Haplorrhini
Superfamilja:	Hominoidea
Familja:	Hominidae
Gjinitë
	Subfamily Ponginae Pongo – orangutans; ; Subfamily Homininae Gorilla – gorillas; Homo – humans; Pan – chimpanzees; ;
Sinonimet
	Pongidae Elliot, 1913;

Hominidae apo majmunet njerez (Hominidae, me heret Pongidae) – ne kufizim me Gibbonet (Kleine Menschenaffen) auch als Große Menschenaffen bezeichnet – sind eine Familie der Primaten. Darin werden die heute lebenden Gattungen der Orang-Utans, Gorillas, Schimpansen und Menschen zusammengefasst, insgesamt sieben rezente Arten.[1] Paläontologisch gehören zudem die unmittelbaren Vorfahren des Menschen (Hominini) und der anderen rezenten Gattungen dazu.

HistoriaRedakto

Shiko gjithashtu artikullin Evulucioni i njerëzve

Historia taksonomikeRedakto

Humans, as depicted on a Pioneer plaque, are one of the four extant hominid genera.

KlasifikimiRedakto

Skulls of an orangutan and a gorilla

Family Hominidae: humans and other great apes; extinct genera and species excluded^[1]
- Subfamily Ponginae
  - Genus Pongo
    - Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus
      - Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus
      - Pongo pygmaeus morio
      - Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii
    - Sumatran orangutan, Pongo abelii
- Subfamily Homininae
  - 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
        
        Nigerian chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes ellioti
        
        Eastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
      - Bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee), Pan paniscus
    - Genus Homo
      - Human, Homo sapiens sapiens

In addition to the extant species and subspecies above, archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists have discovered numerous extinct great ape species. The list below are some of the genera of those discoveries.^[1]