Hominid is an English word with synonyms like human or primate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hominid meaning
- Any human, the only members of the family Hominidae as traditionally defined.
- Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
Using Hominid
- The main meaning on this page is: Any human, the only members of the family Hominidae as traditionally defined. | Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
- Useful related words include: hominian, human, primate.
- In the example corpus, hominid often appears in combinations such as: hominid species, early hominid, hominid bones.
Context around Hominid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hominid
- In this selection, "hominid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, early, fourth, primitive, species, bones and ever stand out and add context to how "hominid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1986 early hominid scavenging opportunities and and other hominid cryptids to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hominid" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hominid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No hominid bones were found at the Spear Horizon site in Schoeningen. (12 words)
In addition, he is a primary describer of many hominid fossil remains. (12 words)
Potentially the first hominid to engage in hunting, H. erectus mastered the art of making fire. (16 words)
Although some recent writers suggest that Homo georgicus was the first and most primitive hominid ever to live outside Africa, many scientists consider H. georgicus to be an early and primitive member of the H. erectus species. (37 words)
By the end of the Lower Paleolithic, members of the hominid family were living in what is now China, western Indonesia, and, in Europe, around the Mediterranean and as far north as England, southern Germany, and Bulgaria. (37 words)
Christopher Boehm (1982) citation has hypothesized that the incremental development of moral complexity throughout hominid evolution was due to the increasing need to avoid disputes and injuries in moving to open savanna and developing stone weapons. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
No hominid bones were found at the Spear Horizon site in Schoeningen.
In fact globalization probably started when one or two of our hominid ancestors climbed out of a tree and wandered into the next valley to find other hominids who had goods to trade.
News of the discovery of Homo Luzonensis made a major impact in the world of archaeology as it is said to be only the fourth hominid species discovered in the last century.
Although some recent writers suggest that Homo georgicus was the first and most primitive hominid ever to live outside Africa, many scientists consider H. georgicus to be an early and primitive member of the H. erectus species.
An alternative theory originally proposed by Charles Darwin explains that music may have begun as a hominid mating strategy as many birds and some other animals produce music like calls to attract mates.
As the Pleistocene drew to a close, a major extinction wiped out much of the world's megafauna, including some of the hominid species, such as Neanderthals.
As the Pleistocene epoch drew to a close, one of the largest die-outs caused many mega-fauna to die off, including the last hominid species (excluding Homo sapiens).
Boosterspice only works on Homo sapiens, whereas the Tree-of-Life compound will work on any hominid descended from the Pak.
By the end of the Lower Paleolithic, members of the hominid family were living in what is now China, western Indonesia, and, in Europe, around the Mediterranean and as far north as England, southern Germany, and Bulgaria.
Cave of the Ancients, Lobsang Rampa, Random House, 1993 Michael Grumley a cryptozoologist has linked Bigfoot and other hominid cryptids to ancient tunnel systems underground.
Christopher Boehm (1982) citation has hypothesized that the incremental development of moral complexity throughout hominid evolution was due to the increasing need to avoid disputes and injuries in moving to open savanna and developing stone weapons.
Early history main The oldest traces of hominid existence in Switzerland date back about 150,000 years.
In addition, he is a primary describer of many hominid fossil remains.
Instead, the reduction of the male hominid canine is consistent with reduced inter-male aggression in a group living primate.
It has also been thought that consistent water-based food sources had developed early hominid dependency and facilitated dispersal along seas and rivers.
Likewise, every hominid species found on the Ringworld is descended from Pak breeders, and all are susceptible to the virus of Tree-of-life.
Potentially the first hominid to engage in hunting, H. erectus mastered the art of making fire.
Robert Blumenschine proposed the idea of confrontational scavenging, Blumenschine, Robert J. (1986) Early hominid scavenging opportunities: Implications of carcass availability in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro ecosystems.
The earliest hominid bones, between 2.2 and 3.3 million years old, was discovered at Sterkfontein in 1994.
The first early hominid ever found in Africa, the Taung Child in 1924, was also thought for many years to come from a cave, where it had been deposited after being predated on by an eagle.
Common combinations with hominid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: