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<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Mammalia <tr><td>Order:<td>Primates <tr><td>Family:<td>Hominidae <tr><td>Subfamily:<td>Homininae <tr><td>Genus:<td>Homo </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Species <tr><td> Homo erectus †
Homo ergaster †
Homo habilis †
Homo heidelbergensis †
Homo neanderthalensis †
Homo rudolfensis †
Homo sapiens </table> Homo is the genus that includes humans and their close relatives. All species and subspecies except Homo sapiens sapiens are extinct; the last surviving relative, Homo neanderthalensis, died out 30,000 years ago, although a minority of zoologists consider that the chimpanzees (usually treated in the genus Pan) should also be included.


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Homo (genus)

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Species

Homo rudolfensis
Homo habilis
Homo ergaster
Homo erectus
Homo heidelbergensis (Heidelberg Man)
Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal Man)
Homo sapiens (including modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens)

The last three have been considered to be subspecies of Homo sapiens, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA from H. neanderthalensis fossils suggests that the difference is great enough to count as a separate species.