Hominidae

... Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Gene aliases: ASP; CPAMD1 Summary: Complement component C3 plays a central role in the activation of complement system. Its activation ...

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... to your definition, we're both the same "kind." You said a kind is a family, and humans and apes are both classified in the family Hominidae. The genetic difference between apes and humans is actually less than that between dogs and wolves. We know the larger change is possible, ...

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Okay, by that reasoning, humans and apes are of the same kind, being classified together in the family Hominidae. Although I do have to give you beaucoup credit for actually defining the term. Everyone else I've met who used that term just left it undefined so they could refute ...

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... Scientific classification of Homo sapiens: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Superfamily: Hominoidea Family: Hominidae Subfamily: Homininae Tribe: Hominini Genus: Homo Species: H. sapiens They aren't in the same phylum are they? (Classifications are taken from ...

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... any less of an ape or any more "human" than a chimpanzee. Wrong again. Humans and apes are all classified as part of the same family, Hominidae. Apes fall under the genus Pan , humans under Homo , and Australopithecus is just another genus in the same family. As for being more human ...

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