archaic Homo

[ ahr-key-ik hoh-moh ]

/ ɑrˈkeɪ ɪk ˈhoʊ moʊ /

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noun

collectively, the very robust, regionally differentiated human populations that lived in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa from 35,000 to 200,000 years ago.

any physically robust, premodern form of the genus Homo, comprising species that were anatomically intermediate forms and regional variants between H. erectus and modern H. sapiens: fossil evidence suggests that certain archaic Homo populations may have direct ancestral lines to modern humans.

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Also called ar·cha·ic hu·man .

Origin of archaic Homo

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby archaic Homo

archaeopteryx, archaeornis, Archaeozoic, archaezoology, archaic, archaic Homo, archaic Homo sapiens, archaic smile, archaism, archaize, archangel

Example sentences from the Web for archaic Homo

Understanding odds has never been a strength of Homo sapiens.
A Doctor Explains Why Cruise Ships Should Be Banned|Kent Sepkowitz|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are some pretty archaic, long-held biases and prejudices that remain in place (see Mets, New York).
It’s Time to Get More Women in the NFL Boardroom|Robert Silverman|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While he enjoyed the experience once in the air, he found the process of booking the flight to be archaic and obscure.
The Uber for Private Jets Has Landed|Allison McNearney|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In some very real sense, 21st-century Hollywood has forgotten how to use living, breathing Homo sapiens in action movies.
Game of Thrones’ 'The Watchers on the Wall': The Battle of Castle Black Is One For the Ages|Andrew Romano|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Too many shows meet their demise way early because of an archaic way of counting.
Jim Rash on ‘The Writers’ Room’ and the Future of ‘Community’|Kevin Fallon|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Spacing after punctuation standardized, inconsistent hyphenation and archaic spelling retained.
A Brief History of the U. S. S. Imperator, one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy.|Anonymous
The following archaic spellings of words were used in the original book and have been retained: head-ach; concuring; delinated.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae|Edward Jenner
He even brushed up his archaic French for the sake of inquiring directly after the child's health from Fanchette.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In English archaic writings the instances in which the mention of the Satanic power is thus utilised are not numerous.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman
Neither are we able to support the contention that it takes its rise in the archaic “woundy,” which perished in the same fires.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman

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