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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Meanwhile, the primates made the switch to grasses around 4.2 million and 3.4 million years ago, but didn’t transition from above-ground grasses to underground grasses with the hominins.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2025
The explanation most consistent with early-human behavior, however, is that the hominins started harvesting underground, carbohydrate-rich plant parts like tubers and bulbs.
—Andrew Paul Jul 31, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
Mammals followed, and then monkeys, and then hominins and then us.
—Simon Boas
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Evidence suggests that early hominins used simple stone tools to carve smaller slices of meat from animal carcasses as early as 2.5 million years ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2025
The explanation most consistent with early-human behavior, however, is that the hominins started harvesting underground, carbohydrate-rich plant parts like tubers and bulbs.
—Andrew Paul Jul 31, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
Mammals followed, and then monkeys, and then hominins and then us.
—Simon Boas
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Evidence suggests that early hominins used simple stone tools to carve smaller slices of meat from animal carcasses as early as 2.5 million years ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
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“Hominin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hominin. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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