hominin

Meanings

Plural: hominins

Noun

Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives.

Origin / Etymology

From translingual Hominini, from the stem of Latin homo (“man”). Compare hominid.

Scrabble Score: 12

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