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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Understanding the faces of early human ancestors is of interest to researchers because their features represent a connection between hominins and their physical and social surroundings, Beaudet said.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Modern humans didn’t arrive in the region until 76,000–63,000 years ago, giving mosquitoes plenty of time to develop their preference for hominins.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
The multipurpose stone tool was made by our hominin ancestors for almost a million years, including some 700,000 years at a single site in eastern Africa.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Graham Robb on the Earliest Settlements on British Land
The first hominins known to have walked on land which is now British appeared less than one million years ago.
—Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Modern humans didn’t arrive in the region until 76,000–63,000 years ago, giving mosquitoes plenty of time to develop their preference for hominins.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
The multipurpose stone tool was made by our hominin ancestors for almost a million years, including some 700,000 years at a single site in eastern Africa.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Graham Robb on the Earliest Settlements on British Land
The first hominins known to have walked on land which is now British appeared less than one million years ago.
—Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Hominin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hominin. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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