Phylogenetic Classification of Anthropoid primates

Phylogenetic classification assigns names to monophyletic lineages within the evolutionary tree. Among the Anthropoid ("man-like") Apes, gibbons and the Great Apes (including Homo) are recognized as separate evolutionary lineages, and are placed in separate families (Hylobatidae & Pongidae, respectively). Within the latter, Homo, Pan, & Gorilla are a closely related group recognizable as a subfamily, Gorillinae. Givent the recent reconigition that Homo and Pan are each other's closest living relatives, they can be recognized as a tribe, Panini (or Homini, except that this has been used for various groups of fossil humans).