Symposium

New findings ­ new problems in classification of hominids+

Gyula Gyenis

Department of Biological Anthropology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

The criteria for the inclusion of species within the genus Homo have changed over the years. There has been a stepwise relaxation of these criteria, therefore the classification and the evolutionary place of hominid fossils have never been free of controversy. It is the main reason that the discoveries of new hominid fossils have not helped in solving the generally accepted classification of hominids. Acta Biol Szeged 46(1-2):57-60 (2002) PDF

Key Words: gradistic classification, cladistic classification, phylogenetic classification, primates, hominids,

*Corresponding author. E-mail: gyenis@cerberus.elte.hu