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preˈhominid, n. and a.
[pre- B. 1]
A. n. A creature belonging to an anthropoid genus that is considered to be an evolutionary ancestor of the hominids.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to a creature of this kind.
1939Nature 7 Jan. 18/1 The human affinities of his [sc. R. Broom's] recently discovered relics of new types of fossil prehominids. 1948Proc. Prehist. Soc. XIV. 30 Several authorities refer to the Chopper-Chopping-tool Complex of the Far East as having been developed by the Prehominid stock of mankind—members of the Pithecanthropus group. 1959B. Wall tr. Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man iii. ii. 194 To call Pithecanthropus and Sinanthropus pre-hominids might suggest that they were not yet quite man. Ibid. 195 Those creatures which (however pre-hominid in cranial structure) are already clearly situated above the point of origin..of our human race. 1968A. S. Romer Procession of Life xviii. 290 Even if a pre-hominid wished to remain a tree-dweller, his living area would be much restricted unless he were able to venture out into the open. 1978Nature 26 Oct. 744/1 Among living species, the pygmy chimpanzee..offers us the best prototype of the prehominid ancestor. |