hominin
noun
hom·i·nin
ˈhä-mə-nən 
-ˌnin
: any of a taxonomic tribe (Hominini) of hominids that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms
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In a new study, anthropologists in Australia argued that hominins arrived on the continent a little later than academia previously determined.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence testifying to the importance of fire for our kind was the attendant suite of changes to the anatomy of the now-varied group of hominins, various species of which spanned not only Africa but also Eurasia as the Pleistocene drew on, from Spain to Indonesia.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
How these hominins were able to share the landscape is a question the team is working to answer.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2025
The site — in the vicinity of a river channel — would have been where hominins made their tools and hunted 1 million years ago, according to the archaeologists, who also found animal fossils in the area.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence testifying to the importance of fire for our kind was the attendant suite of changes to the anatomy of the now-varied group of hominins, various species of which spanned not only Africa but also Eurasia as the Pleistocene drew on, from Spain to Indonesia.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
How these hominins were able to share the landscape is a question the team is working to answer.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2025
The site — in the vicinity of a river channel — would have been where hominins made their tools and hunted 1 million years ago, according to the archaeologists, who also found animal fossils in the area.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Hominin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hominin. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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