Re: Hominins (Was: Why grammar is so complex a subject)

Quoting caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>:

> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Johansson <andjo@F...> wrote:
>
>
> >Unfortunately, the term "hominid" does not have a single, agreed-on
> >definition.
>
> Yes, unfortunate.
>
> Search Wikipedia for "hominin."  There's a chart illustrating
> (possible) descent lines.  Interestingly, both humans and chimpanzees
> are hominins!
Oh my. There's no end to the variant definitions, is there?

In my experience, however, the particular definition Wikipedia gives is never
used in palaeanthropology.

                                                   Andreas