Paleoanthropinae

plural noun

Pa·​leo·​an·​thro·​pi·​nae

: an anthropological subdivision of Hominidae including Neanderthals and related forms of the genus Homo but treated as if comparable to a subfamily compare archanthropinae , neoanthropinae

paleoanthropine

¦⸗⸗⸗¦an(t)thrəˌpīn

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pale- + Greek anthrōpos + New Latin -inae

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