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Ripcord t1_iw6fapl wrote

Reply to comment by orincoro in Tracks Of Ancient Human Found In Spain Are 300k Years Old by Several_Cabinet_9725

Hominids include humans. Not all hominids are humans.

Chimps are hominids, for example.

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Chubbybellylover888 t1_iw6ufcq wrote

Yeah the correct term for human species is hominin. This includes the likes of neanderthals, denisovans etc but excludes other great apes.

Hominid is used to describe all the great apes.

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