<P> Within the taxon Hominidae , a number of extant and known extinct , that is , fossil , genera are grouped with the humans , chimpanzees , and gorillas in the subfamily Homininae ; others with orangutans in the subfamily Ponginae ( see classification graphic below ) . The most recent common ancestor of all Hominidae lived roughly 14 million years ago , when the ancestors of the orangutans speciated from the ancestral line of the other three genera . Those ancestors of the family Hominidae had already speciated from the family Hylobatidae ( the gibbons ) , perhaps 15 million to 20 million years ago . </P>
<P> Within the taxon Hominidae , a number of extant and known extinct , that is , fossil , genera are grouped with the humans , chimpanzees , and gorillas in the subfamily Homininae ; others with orangutans in the subfamily Ponginae ( see classification graphic below ) . The most recent common ancestor of all Hominidae lived roughly 14 million years ago , when the ancestors of the orangutans speciated from the ancestral line of the other three genera . Those ancestors of the family Hominidae had already speciated from the family Hylobatidae ( the gibbons ) , perhaps 15 million to 20 million years ago . </P>
when are hominids now thought to have differentiated from the ancestors shared with the african apes
when are hominids now thought to have differentiated from the ancestors shared with the african apes
roughly 14 million years ago
roughly 14 million years ago