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AnSionnachRua  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa, scientists find

It's an all hominins are apes but not all apes are hominins kind of deal.

There are apes, then a smaller set of apes called hominids (or Great Apes; chimps, Damon Albarn, humans) and then a smaller set called hominins which basically covers not-very-chimp-like early humans right up to Homo Sapiens.