The current systematics of the European hominids has recently been re-examined in light of new and important fossil discoveries. It has been argued by Begun (1992a) that the European dryopithecines (includingGraecopithecusfrom Greece) represent one of the earliest members of the Hominidae. Andrews (1992) and Dean & Delson (1992) agree thatGraecopithecusshould probably be placed within the Homininae, but thatDryopithecusshould be excluded from this subfamily and retained within the Dryopithecinae. De Bonis & Koufos (1993, 1994) suggest thatGraecopithecusshares a sister-group relationship with hominins. Moyà-Solà & Köhler (1993, 1995), however, argue thatDryopithecusandGraecopithecusboth represent primitive members of the Ponginae. A phylogenetic and taxonomic revision of these taxa presented here supports the allocation ofGraecopithecusto Homininae. It is also shown that the apparent disagreement concerningDryopithecusis a result of the presence of two distinct genera within the fossil samples examined. It is concluded that the Hungarian hominid should be retained within the genusDryopithecusand the subfamily Dryopithecinae; the Spanish hominids are allocated to the resurrected genusHispanopithecusVillalta & Crusafont-Pairó, 1944 which is likely to be a primitive member of the Ponginae.