What is Homininae?
{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|12.5|0|earliest=14}} | image = Secretary_Leonard_Carmichael.jpg | image_caption = Three hominines: a [[Homo sapiens|human]] holding a young [[gorilla]] and a young [[common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]]. | taxon = Homininae | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825 | type_species = ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Tribe | subdivision =†[[Dryopithecini]]<br/> [[Gorillini]]<br /> [[Hominini]]<br> <br> '''sister:''' [[Ponginae]] }} '''Homininae''' is a subfamily of [[Hominidae]], which includes [[human]]s, [[gorilla]]s, and [[chimpanzee]]s which are native to [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/H/hominid |title=hominid, hominin, hominoid, human |author= |website=National Geographic Style Manual |publisher=National Geographic Society |accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref> Most importantly, it also includes extinct human relatives such as [[Ardipithecus]], [[Australopithecus]], and earlier species of the [[genus]] ''[[Homo]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-in-a-name-hominid-versus-hominin-216054/?no-ist |title=What’s in a Name? Hominid Versus Hominin |author=Erin Wayman |date=16 November 2011 |website= |publisher=Smithsonian.com |accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref> It includes all those hominid [[species]] which arose after the split from the other great apes. ==Classification (living members)== *Tribe Gorillini **Genus [[Gorilla]] ***[[Western gorilla]], (''Gorilla gorilla'') ****[[Western lowland gorilla]], (''Gorilla gorilla gorilla'') ****[[Cross River Gorilla|Cross River gorilla]], (''Gorilla gorilla diehli'') ***[[Eastern gorilla]], (''Gorilla beringei'') ****[[Mountain gorilla]], (''Gorilla beringei beringei'') ****[[Eastern Lowland gorilla]], (''Gorilla beringei graueri'') *Tribe [[Hominini]] **Genus [[Pan (genus)|Pan]] ***[[Common chimpanzee]], (''Pan troglodytes'') ****[[Central chimpanzee]], (''Pan troglodytes troglodytes'') ****[[West African chi