hominid
/ˈhɒmɪnɪd
/noun Zoology
A primate of a family (Hominidae) which includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent schemes) at least some of the great apes.It may be possible to extract DNA from the bones of human ancestors and other hominids who died up to one million years ago, researchers believe....
- Teeth and jaw fossils of an early hominid were found with fossils of other animals.
- Do hominid fossils from one to two million years ago represent a single species or numerous branches on the family tree, some of which died out?
Origin
Late 19th century: from modern Latin Hominidae (plural), from Latin homo, homin- 'man'.
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