hominine
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hominine
First recorded in 1880–85; from Latin, equivalent to homin- (stem of homō ) “man, human being,” and the adjective suffix -īnus; see origin at Homo, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Together, these observations are consistent with a major role for adaptive modifications in brain development and sensory perception in hominine evolution.
From Nature ● Mar. 7, 2012
Horizontal lines indicate speciation times within the hominine subfamily and the sequence divergence time between human and orang-utan.
From Nature ● Mar. 7, 2012
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