Talk:X-woman

Hominin?
The BBC article, titled "DNA identifies new ancient human", describes the "X-woman" as a hominin. But following the hominid article, "A hominin is a member of the tribe Hominini: bonobos, chimpanzees and humans." Thus the category "hominin" seems much too large for what is intended: a close relative of modern humans, more or less on a par with the Neanderthals, perhaps a member of the genus Homo. It seems there is a lot of confusion in the use of these terms, and perhaps the best that should be done is to simply leave out the term "hominid" from this page? David Olivier (talk) 22:44, 24 March 2010 (UTC)