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neanthropic

[ nee-an-throp-ik ]

adjective

, Anthropology.
  1. of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.


neanthropic

/ nē′ən-thrŏpĭk /

  1. Relating to members of the extant species Homo sapiens as compared with other, now extinct species of Homo.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of neanthropic1

First recorded in 1890–95; ne- + anthropic
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Example Sentences

The beginning of the neanthropic is still a reindeer age, though that animal was apparently becoming rare.

When we leave the Deluge and come to the postdiluvian or neanthropic period, similar coincidences occur.

Finally, what relation does the record in Genesis x. bear to the prehistoric peoples of the neanthropic age?

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