Hominidae

Humans belong to the biological family Hominidae (the great apes), which also includes chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. The hominidae comprises of those species who share more than 97 percent of their DNA with the modern human. The first instance of a hominidae dates back to a 6-7 million-year-old fossil called "Toumai" by its discoverers, and formally classified as 'Sahelanthropus tchadensis'.