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The Homoninid family tree has gotten fairly confusing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape#Changes_in_taxonomy_and_te...

You will often see mention of Hominin (Homo and Pan (chimpanzees), I think) as well, where you would have once heard Hominid.

Hominin doesn't include chimpanzees, but all members of the human tree after the split from chimpanzees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae

Thanks! I couldn't remember the details and was trying to reconstruct it from the bio-Latin. :-)

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