different between hominin vs caveman

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hominin (plural hominins)

1. (paleontology) Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives. [from 20th c.]
   • 2009, The Human Lineage, page 432:

     [...] prefer the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have had little to say about the post-Erectine archaics from China.

   • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin 2012, p. 151:

     Caspari and Lee carried out comparisons ranging from ancient hominins such as australopithecines through to Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, assessing the ratios of young adults to old adults.

Translations

English

Etymology

From cave +? man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cave?man

Noun

caveman (plural cavemen)

1. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

   The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.

   • The creators of this nutrition plan believe that cavemen and cavewomen were lean and healthy because of the all-natural foods they ate.

   • 2010, Terence A. Shimp, Advertising, Promotion, and Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications, Cengage Learning, 8th Edition, page 154,

     And who could forget those ads that featured sophisticated cavemen who were insulted—in a parody on political correctness—by “insensitive” offenders who implied that some action was “so easy, a caveman could do it.”
2. (informal, figuratively, derogatory) A brutish or savage person.

   The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room.
3. (informal, figuratively, derogatory) A man with old-fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women.

   Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea.

   • 2008, David E. Clarke, Cinderella Meets the Caveman: Stop the Boredom in Your Marriage and Jump, page 159,

     You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is.

Synonyms

• (early humans or related species): hominid, hominin, neanderthal, troglodyte
• (brutish or savage person): boor, knuckle dragger, lout, savage, thug, troglodyte
• (man with regressive opinions): chauvinist

Hypernyms

• cave dweller

Coordinate terms

• cavewoman

Derived terms

• cavemanlike

Translations

Anagrams

• man cave, mancave