# Hominin > ‘**Hominin** – the group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors (including members of the genera *Homo*, *Australopithecus*, *Paranthropus* and *Ardipithecus*).’[^1] - see also: [[Hominids]] [^1]: Beth Blaxland, ‘Hominid and hominin – what’s the difference?’, *Australian Museum*, updated 2 October 2020, https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/hominid-and-hominin-whats-the-difference/.