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		bjxrn on Dec 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Itch Nobody Can Scratch I think you are thinking of "hominid".

cabalamat on Dec 19, 2014 [–]

Hominid used to mean that, but now it includes the great apes.

Hominin is the current term for the human branch that split from the chimpanzee branch about 6 million years ago.

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