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hominids

Cultural

The biological family that includes our species, Homo sapiens. This family has also included Neanderthals and other forerunners of today's humans, such as Australopithecus, Homo erectus, and Homo habilis. Today's human beings are the only surviving hominids.

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"Hominin" is a newer term that describes a subdivision of the larger category known as hominids.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2024

While brown bears don’t eat humans, they still kill about twice as many hominids as the North American black bear, mostly in protection of their cubs.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

Since then, clear proof of systematic cannibalism among hominids has emerged in the fossil record.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023

“We are trying to go inside the brains of the early hominids, which means it’s going to be very complex.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 28, 2023

Impulses of hominids dating from 20,000 B.C. were still controlling us.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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