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Synonyms

hominine

American  
[hom-uh-nahyn] / ˈhɒm əˌnaɪn /

noun

  1. Anthropology, Zoology. a member of the subfamily Homininae, which includes gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans and their extinct relatives.

adjective

  1. resembling or characteristic of humans.

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

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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