Word of the Day 01/03/22 Hominid
Hominid (noun)
hominid or hom·o·nid [ hom-uh-nid ]
noun Anthropology, Zoology.
1. any member of the family Hominidae, consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans), and all their immediate ancestors.
WORDS RELATED TO HOMINID
animal, mortal, personal, anthropoid, biped, humanoid, individual, hominoid, anthropological, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous, bipedal, creatural, ethnologic, ethological, hominine, civilized, fallible, fleshly, forgivable
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HISTORICAL USAGE OF HOMINID
See hominin.
Origin: 1885–90; < New Latin Hominidae, equivalent to Latin homin- (stem of homō ) “human being, man” (see Homo) + -idae
HOW TO USE HOMINID IN A SENTENCE
That makes the older chimp lineage a closer relative of early hominids.
ARDI MAY HAVE BEEN MORE CHIMPLIKE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT — OR NOT|BRUCE BOWER|FEBRUARY 24, 2021|SCIENCE NEWS
These new models of how ancient thumbs worked underscore the slowness of hominid hand evolution, says paleoanthropologist Matthew Tocheri of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada.
HUMANLIKE THUMB DEXTERITY MAY DATE BACK AS FAR AS 2 MILLION YEARS AGO|BRUCE BOWER|JANUARY 28, 2021|SCIENCE NEWS
These changes heralded a series of booms and busts in the resources hominids needed to survive, Potts and his colleagues report October 21 in Science Advances.
HOW ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES MAY HAVE HELPED MAKE ANCIENT HUMANS MORE ADAPTABLE|BRUCE BOWER|OCTOBER 21, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS
Widely scattered hominid groups began to trade with one another to obtain suitable toolmaking rock and other resources.
HOW ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES MAY HAVE HELPED MAKE ANCIENT HUMANS MORE ADAPTABLE|BRUCE BOWER|OCTOBER 21, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS
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hominid or hom·o·nid [ hom-uh-nid ]
noun Anthropology, Zoology.
1. any member of the family Hominidae, consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans), and all their immediate ancestors.
WORDS RELATED TO HOMINID
animal, mortal, personal, anthropoid, biped, humanoid, individual, hominoid, anthropological, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous, bipedal, creatural, ethnologic, ethological, hominine, civilized, fallible, fleshly, forgivable
See synonyms for hominid on Thesaurus.com
HISTORICAL USAGE OF HOMINID
See hominin.
Origin: 1885–90; < New Latin Hominidae, equivalent to Latin homin- (stem of homō ) “human being, man” (see Homo) + -idae
HOW TO USE HOMINID IN A SENTENCE
That makes the older chimp lineage a closer relative of early hominids.
ARDI MAY HAVE BEEN MORE CHIMPLIKE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT — OR NOT|BRUCE BOWER|FEBRUARY 24, 2021|SCIENCE NEWS
These new models of how ancient thumbs worked underscore the slowness of hominid hand evolution, says paleoanthropologist Matthew Tocheri of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada.
HUMANLIKE THUMB DEXTERITY MAY DATE BACK AS FAR AS 2 MILLION YEARS AGO|BRUCE BOWER|JANUARY 28, 2021|SCIENCE NEWS
These changes heralded a series of booms and busts in the resources hominids needed to survive, Potts and his colleagues report October 21 in Science Advances.
HOW ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES MAY HAVE HELPED MAKE ANCIENT HUMANS MORE ADAPTABLE|BRUCE BOWER|OCTOBER 21, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS
Widely scattered hominid groups began to trade with one another to obtain suitable toolmaking rock and other resources.
HOW ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES MAY HAVE HELPED MAKE ANCIENT HUMANS MORE ADAPTABLE|BRUCE BOWER|OCTOBER 21, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.