What do all of the latin human taxonomic units mean?

Subject: What do all of the latin human taxonomic units mean?

Date: Sat Sep 27 00:43:02 2008
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They all sound like human. Humans come from the Hominidae Family, the Homininae
Subfamily, the Hominini tribe and the Hominina subtribe. All of these terms are
latin, right? Do they all mean "human-like"? I would appreciate an answer. thanks

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