hominin

noun

hom·i·nin ˈhä-mə-nən

-ˌnin

: any of a taxonomic tribe (Hominini) of hominids that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms

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The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different sites across the country are clearly remnants of archaic hominins — the formal name for species in the human lineage — who lived between 300,000 and 100,000 years ago. —

Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025 Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Long before humans acquired an appetite for meat, one of our earliest hominin ancestors — Australopithecus — stuck to a vegetarian diet. —

Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025 The study, published in the Journal of Human Evolution, demonstrates that the process used by a group of chimps to select stones for use as tools appear to resemble what is documented for Oldowan hominins. —

Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 However, a new study indicates that hominins may have adapted to desert life much earlier than previously thought. —

Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hominin