What is the difference between hominin and hominid when classify humans?

Subject: What is the difference between hominin and hominid when classify humans?

Date: Tue Apr 1 00:05:29 2003
Posted by Hannah Woods
Grade level: 10-12 School: Willoughby girls high school
City: Sydney State/Province: NSW Country: Australia
Area of science: Evolution
ID: 1049173529.Ev

Message:


Im looking into the evolution of humans and what features classify them into 
their particular phylum, class and order etc. I know that Humans family are 
Hominid and the sub group is hominin but i don't really understand what the 
difference between these two groups is.

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