Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Hominoid Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Genus: Homo Species H. habilis (extinct) H. rudolfensis (extinct) H. ergaster (extinct) H. erectus (extinct) H. heidelbergensis (extinct) H. neanderthalensis (extinct) H. sapiens (humans) The hominoids (genus Homo) are a group of hominids that contains modern humans (Homo sapiens) as well as a number of extinct species. Homo is Latin for man. Note that the division of extinct members of the genus Homo is still under discussion. H. habilis, H. erectus and (of course) H. sapiens are generally recognized, but H. rudolfensis and H. ergaster are sometimes classified under H. habilis and H. erectus respectively, while H. heidelbergensis and H. neanderthalensis are sometimes classified as sub-species of H. sapiens, thus giving Species habilis (extinct) Subspecies rudolfensis (extinct) Species erectus (extinct) Subspecies ergaster (extinct) Species sapiens Subspecies heidelbergensis (extinct) Subspecies neanderthalensis (extinct) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.