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