In addition to the extant species and subspecies, archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists have discovered and classified numerous extinct great ape species as below, based on the taxonomy shown.

Family Hominidae
Subfamily Ponginae
Tribe Lufengpithecini †
Lufengpithecus
Lufengpithecus lufengensis
Lufengpithecus keiyuanensis
Lufengpithecus hudienensis
Tribe Sivapithecini†
Ankarapithecus
Ankarapithecus meteai
Sivapithecus
Sivapithecus brevirostris
Sivapithecus punjabicus
Sivapithecus parvada
Sivapithecus sivalensis
Sivapithecus indicus
Gigantopithecus
Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis
Gigantopithecus blacki
Gigantopithecus giganteus
Tribe Pongini
Khoratpithecus†
Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis
Khoratpithecus piriyai
Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis
Pongo (orangutans)
Pongo hooijeri†
Subfamily Homininae
Tribe Dryopithecini †
Kenyapithecus
Kenyapitheus wickeri
Danuvius
Danuvius guggenmosi
Pierolapithecus
Pierolapithecus catalaunicus
Udabnopithecus
Udabnopithecus garedziensis
Ouranopithecus
Ouranopithecus macedoniensis
Otavipithecus
Otavipithecus namibiensis
Morotopithecus (placement disputed)
Morotopithecus bishopi
Oreopithecus (placement disputed)
Oreopithecus bambolii
Nakalipithecus
Nakalipithecus nakayamai
Anoiapithecus
Anoiapithecus brevirostris
Hispanopithecus
Hispanopithecus laietanus
Hispanopithecus crusafonti
Dryopithecus
Dryopithecus wuduensis
Dryopithecus fontani
Dryopithecus brancoi
Dryopithecus laietanus
Dryopithecus crusafonti
Rudapithecus
Rudapithecus hungaricus
Samburupithecus
Samburupithecus kiptalami
Tribe Gorillini
Chororapithecus † (placement debated)
Chororapithecus abyssinicus
Tribe Hominini
Subtribe Panina
Subtribe Hominina
Graecopithecus †
Graecopithecus freybergi
Sahelanthropus†
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Orrorin†
Orrorin tugenensis
Ardipithecus†
Ardipithecus ramidus
Ardipithecus kadabba
Kenyanthropus†
Kenyanthropus platyops
Praeanthropus†
Praeanthropus bahrelghazali
Praeanthropus anamensis
Praeanthropus afarensis
Australopithecus†
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus garhi
Australopithecus sediba
Australopithecus deyiremeda
Paranthropus†
Paranthropus aethiopicus
Paranthropus robustus
Paranthropus boisei
Homo – close relatives of modern humans
Homo gautengensis†
Homo rudolfensis†
Homo naledi†
Homo habilis†
Homo georgicus† (thought by some to be an early subspecies of Homo erectus)
Homo floresiensis†
Homo erectus†
Homo ergaster† (considered by some to be an early subspecies of Homo erectus)
Homo antecessor†
Homo heidelbergensis† (sometimes called Archaic Homo sapiens)
Homo cepranensis†
Homo helmei†
Homo palaeojavanicus†
Homo tsaichangensis†
Denisovans (scientific name not yet assigned)†
Homo neanderthalensis† (sometimes called Homo sapiens neanderthalensis)
Homo rhodesiensis†
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens idaltu†
Archaic Homo sapiens†
Red Deer Cave people † (scientific name has not yet been assigned; perhaps a race of modern humans or a hybrid of modern humans and Denisovans)
In addition to the extant species and subspecies, archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists have discovered and classified numerous extinct great ape species as below, based on the taxonomy shown.
Family Hominidae
Subfamily Ponginae
Tribe Lufengpithecini †
Lufengpithecus
Lufengpithecus lufengensis
Lufengpithecus keiyuanensis
Lufengpithecus hudienensis
Tribe Sivapithecini†
Ankarapithecus
Ankarapithecus meteai
Sivapithecus
Sivapithecus brevirostris
Sivapithecus punjabicus
Sivapithecus parvada
Sivapithecus sivalensis
Sivapithecus indicus
Gigantopithecus
Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis
Gigantopithecus blacki
Gigantopithecus giganteus
Tribe Pongini
Khoratpithecus†
Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis
Khoratpithecus piriyai
Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis
Pongo (orangutans)
Pongo hooijeri†
Subfamily Homininae
Tribe Dryopithecini †
Kenyapithecus
Kenyapitheus wickeri
Danuvius
Danuvius guggenmosi
Pierolapithecus
Pierolapithecus catalaunicus
Udabnopithecus
Udabnopithecus garedziensis
Ouranopithecus
Ouranopithecus macedoniensis
Otavipithecus
Otavipithecus namibiensis
Morotopithecus (placement disputed)
Morotopithecus bishopi
Oreopithecus (placement disputed)
Oreopithecus bambolii
Nakalipithecus
Nakalipithecus nakayamai
Anoiapithecus
Anoiapithecus brevirostris
Hispanopithecus
Hispanopithecus laietanus
Hispanopithecus crusafonti
Dryopithecus
Dryopithecus wuduensis
Dryopithecus fontani
Dryopithecus brancoi
Dryopithecus laietanus
Dryopithecus crusafonti
Rudapithecus
Rudapithecus hungaricus
Samburupithecus
Samburupithecus kiptalami
Tribe Gorillini
Chororapithecus † (placement debated)
Chororapithecus abyssinicus
Tribe Hominini
Subtribe Panina
Subtribe Hominina
Graecopithecus †
Graecopithecus freybergi
Sahelanthropus†
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Orrorin†
Orrorin tugenensis
Ardipithecus†
Ardipithecus ramidus
Ardipithecus kadabba
Kenyanthropus†
Kenyanthropus platyops
Praeanthropus†
Praeanthropus bahrelghazali
Praeanthropus anamensis
Praeanthropus afarensis
Australopithecus†
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus garhi
Australopithecus sediba
Australopithecus deyiremeda
Paranthropus†
Paranthropus aethiopicus
Paranthropus robustus
Paranthropus boisei
Homo – close relatives of modern humans
Homo gautengensis†
Homo rudolfensis†
Homo naledi†
Homo habilis†
Homo georgicus† (thought by some to be an early subspecies of Homo erectus)
Homo floresiensis†
Homo erectus†
Homo ergaster† (considered by some to be an early subspecies of Homo erectus)
Homo antecessor†
Homo heidelbergensis† (sometimes called Archaic Homo sapiens)
Homo cepranensis†
Homo helmei†
Homo palaeojavanicus†
Homo tsaichangensis†
Denisovans (scientific name not yet assigned)†
Homo neanderthalensis† (sometimes called Homo sapiens neanderthalensis)
Homo rhodesiensis†
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens idaltu†
Archaic Homo sapiens†
Red Deer Cave people † (scientific name has not yet been assigned; perhaps a race of modern humans or a hybrid of modern humans and Denisovans)
Hominidae