单词 | hominid |
释义 | hominid (once / 30941 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY hominid: hominids USAGE EXAMPLESIt's no easy task to reconstruct the lifestyle of a hominid who's been dead for 3.2 million years. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) Most human genomes harbor small fragments of Neanderthal DNA, the legacy of prehistoric hanky-panky between our ancestors and their hominid cousins. Washington Post(Oct 19, 2016) Dr. Lalueza-Fox studies ancient humans and extinct hominid species, not extinct pathogens. New York Times(Sep 28, 2016) 1n a primate of the family Hominidae Exp|Hypo|Hyper Lucy incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 homo, human, human being, man any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus, genus Pithecanthropusformer genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus Sinanthropus, genus Sinanthropusgenus to which Peking man was formerly assigned Javanthropus, genus Javanthropusformer genus of primitive man; now Homo soloensis: comprises Solo man australopithecineany of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago Sivapithecusfossil primates found in India dryopithecineconsidered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, worldall of the living human inhabitants of the earth Homo erectusextinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain Homo soloensisextinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus Homo habilisextinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics Homo sapiensthe only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Neandertal, Neandertal man, Neanderthal, Neanderthal manextinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia Australopithecus afarensisfossils found in Ethiopia; from 3.5 to 4 million years ago Australopithecus africanusgracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago Australopithecus boiseilarge-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago Zinjanthropus, genus Zinjanthropusgenus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned Australopithecus robustuslarge-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus Paranthropus, genus Paranthropusformer classification for Australopithecus robustus Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus, rudapithecusfossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene Homo rhodesiensis, Rhodesian mana primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa primate any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet 2adj characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures Syn hominian human having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings |
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