When evolutionary biologists refer to the hominin clade, to what are they referring?
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The great ape branch of our evolutionary tree that includes the genus Homo and all of its ancestors, including Australopithecus, Paranthropus, but not chimpanzees.
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The great ape branch of our evolutionary tree that includes the genus Homo and all of its ancestors, including Australopithecus, Paranthropus, Pan, Gorilla, and Pongo.
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Members of the genus Homo, including ergaster, habilis, erectus, neanderthalensis, heidelbergensis, floresiensis, and sapiens, butexcluding Australopithecus and Paranthropus.
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Members of the genus Homo, including ergaster, habilis, erectus, neanderthalensis, heidelbergensis, and floresiensis, but excluding humans.
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None of the above.
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