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单词 hominine
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hominineadj.n.

Brit. /ˈhɒmᵻnʌɪn/, /ˈhɒmᵻniːn/, U.S. /ˈhɑməˌnaɪn/, /ˈhɑməˌnin/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin homin- , homō , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin homin-, homō homo n.1 + -ine suffix1, after canine adj., feline adj., asinine adj., etc. In later use (senses A. 2 and B. 2) after scientific Latin Homininae, subfamily name (G. Heberer 1949, in Die Umschau 1 May 258/1); with use as noun compare French Homininé (1955 or earlier), German Hominin (1950 or earlier); compare hominid n., hominid adj., hominoid n., hominoid adj.
Palaeontology.
A. adj.
1. Of or relating to humans zoologically. Cf. sense B. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind
mannisheOE
fleshlyc1175
manlya1225
fleshya1400
human1495
microcosmical1570
microcosmala1644
anthropic1816
microcosmic1816
humanitary1851
hominal1861
hominine1883
neanthropic1894
pan-human1900
sapient1971
1883 American 5 204 If the footprints are really those of a hominine species.
1896 F. H. Giddings Princ. Sociol. iii. ii. 225 From the moment that the hominine species began to practice speech, however feebly, however awkwardly, it began to develop a human nature.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of hominines (sense B. 2); belonging to the subfamily Homininae.
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the world > people > protohuman > transitional types > [adjective]
prehuman1844
protohuman1899
pre-man1912
prehominid1940
hominine1957
1957 Science 26 Apr. 817/1 A third group, Robinson's Telanthropus, is regarded by him as truly hominine and is omitted from the present study.
1989 C. J. Avers Process & Pattern Evol. xii. 512 The dentition of Olduvai habiline fossils was earlier inferred to be more hominine that australopithecine in character, particularly in tooth size.
2007 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 1 Jan. f1 The big toe, once sticking out to the side to help our hominine ancestors climb trees and grasp branches, eventually took its place in the lineup of toes.
B. n.
1. A primate zoologically related to humans. Cf. sense A. 1. rare.
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1916 Geogr. Jrnl. 48 350 The peculiar human species known as Homo neanderthalensis probably originated in Europe from an early hominine, which may equally have been the ancestor of the Piltdown man and of Homo sapiens.
2. A primate of the subfamily Homininae, which originally comprised the large-brained hominids (in contrast to the small-brained ones of the subfamily Australopithecinae).In later use including also the australopithecines, and recently also one or more of the African great apes.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Hominidae (humans and ancestors ) > member of
homo1792
bimane1835
Neanderthal1874
hominid1889
hominoid1927
hominine1957
Kenyanthropus2001
1957 Science 26 Apr. 817/2 The australopithecines are in many respects more primitive than the higher or unquestioned human beings (hominines, technically).
1963 G. G. Simpson in S. L. Washburn Classif. & Human Evol. (1964) i. 29 In the Hominidae, I see no sufficient reason for having two subfamilies... ‘Australopithecine’ and ‘hominine’ may still be used as strictly vernacular terms for structural level.
1999 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 108 110/1 Gorillas are the most highly dimorphic hominines and offer a much greater range of size.
2004 ABC Premium News (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. What the hobbit remains are now telling us is that the hominines that we thought went extinct at least a million or more years ago, here is one surviving lineage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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