palaeoanthropic
adjectiveDefinition of palaeoanthropic
1 : of or relating to hominids more primitive than those included in the species (Homo sapiens) that includes recent man — compare neanthropic
2 [ New Latin Palaeoanthropus + English -ic ] : of, relating to, or belonging to the genus Palaeoanthropus
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