hominin
noun
hom·i·nin ˈhä-mə-nən 
-ˌnin
: any of a taxonomic tribe (Hominini) of hominids that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web To make a sharp tool such as the Kanjera stone, a hominin would use a hammer stone to serrate the new tool, creating sharp edges capable of cutting different materials, from animal flesh to vegetation to wood. 
Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2022 The fossil, of a female hominin species that lived about 3.2 million years ago, supported the evolutionary idea that bipedalism preceded an increase in brain size. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022 The ancient hominin fossils were discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves, 30 miles northwest of Johannesburg, that form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Cradle of Humankind. Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 29 June 2022 The site, northwest of Johannesburg, was home to the discovery of the first adult Australopithecus, an ancient hominin, in 1936. Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 29 June 2022 East Africa is another location rich with early hominin fossils, and many have been found in the Great Rift Valley, where volcanoes have created layers of ash that are easier to date. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 June 2022 There are lots of ideas about how our species survived the ice age when our hominin cousins did not. Denise Su, The Conversation, 27 June 2022 More than one species of Australopithecine took their first bipedal steps in Eastern and Southern Africa, while more than one hominin wandered around Europe and Asia at the same time, often interbreeding. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2022 Grotte Mandrin had everything a hominin could want. New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022 See More
Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2022 The fossil, of a female hominin species that lived about 3.2 million years ago, supported the evolutionary idea that bipedalism preceded an increase in brain size. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022 The ancient hominin fossils were discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves, 30 miles northwest of Johannesburg, that form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Cradle of Humankind. Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 29 June 2022 The site, northwest of Johannesburg, was home to the discovery of the first adult Australopithecus, an ancient hominin, in 1936. Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 29 June 2022 East Africa is another location rich with early hominin fossils, and many have been found in the Great Rift Valley, where volcanoes have created layers of ash that are easier to date. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 June 2022 There are lots of ideas about how our species survived the ice age when our hominin cousins did not. Denise Su, The Conversation, 27 June 2022 More than one species of Australopithecine took their first bipedal steps in Eastern and Southern Africa, while more than one hominin wandered around Europe and Asia at the same time, often interbreeding. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2022 Grotte Mandrin had everything a hominin could want. New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin Hominini, from Homin-, Homo + -ini, tribe suffix, from Latin -inus -ine entry 1
First Known Use
1989, in the meaning defined above
- Brotulidae
- brotulidaes
- brouette
- brough
- brougham
- brougham-landaulet
- broughams
- broughs
- brought
- brought about
- brought around
- brought back
- brought back from the brink of
- brought before
- brought down
- brought forth
- brought in
- brought it all back
- brought off
- brought on
- brought out
- brought to
- brought to account
- brought to bear
- brought to light