hominin
hominin — 名詞
- homininsingular
- homininsplural
1. a member of the group of living things that includes modern humans and all the e
原始人類；人族
人類及其已滅絕的近親物種
a member of the group of living things that includes modern humans and all the extinct species that are more closely related to humans than to chimpanzees or gorillas.
The hominin fossils discovered in the Rift Valley date back more than four million years.
在東非大裂谷發現的原始人類化石可追溯至四百多萬年前。
hominin + fossil (noun modifier pattern)
Paleoanthropologists in South Africa identified a new hominin species from a nearly complete skull.
南非古人類學家根據一具近乎完整的頭骨，鑑定出一個新的人族物種。
hominin species (noun + noun collocation)
Early hominins are believed to have walked upright long before their brains grew larger.
科學家認為，早期的原始人類在腦容量大幅增加之前就已經開始直立行走。
The discovery of stone tools nearby suggests this hominin group was more advanced than thought.
附近石器的發現顯示，這個原始人類群體的文明程度比原先認為的更高。
hominin group (collective noun collocation)
- early hominin
- ancient hominin
- extinct hominin species
- hominin fossil
- hominin ancestor
- hominin remains
- hominin skull
- hominin lineage
- hominin evolution
- hominid
broader term; includes all great apes and humans, not just the human lineage.
- early human
less technical but narrower; often used for Homo species rather than all Hominini.
- prehuman
sometimes used in popular writing but can exclude modern Homo sapiens, which are hominins.
文法句型
hominin + noun (modifier)
adjective + hominin