different between hominin vs hominid

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

Noun

hominid (plural hominids)

1. Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae. All the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans).

Synonyms

• great ape
• See also Thesaurus:hominid

Translations

Adjective

hominid (comparative more hominid, superlative most hominid)

1. Of the Hominidae

Translations

See also

• pongid
• Pongidae

Czech

Noun

hominid m

1. hominid

Related terms

• See homo

Further reading

• hominid in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Romanian

Etymology

From French hominide.

Noun

hominid m (plural hominizi)

1. hominid

Declension