Get to know Orrorin better with 3 real example sentences.
Orrorin in a sentence
Context around Orrorin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Orrorin
- In this selection, "orrorin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tugenensis stand out and add context to how "orrorin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ma and orrorin tugenensis 6 and orrorin had small. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "orrorin" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with orrorin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Orrorin had small teeth relative to its body size. (9 words)
While this suggest that Orrorin was bipedal, the rest of the postcranium indicates it climbed trees. (16 words)
The earliest fossils argued by some to belong to the human lineage are Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7 Ma) and Orrorin tugenensis (6 Ma), followed by Ardipithecus (5.5–4.4 Ma), with species Ar. kadabba and Ar. ramidus. (37 words)
The earliest fossils argued by some to belong to the human lineage are Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7 Ma) and Orrorin tugenensis (6 Ma), followed by Ardipithecus (5.5–4.4 Ma), with species Ar. kadabba and Ar. ramidus. (37 words)
While this suggest that Orrorin was bipedal, the rest of the postcranium indicates it climbed trees. (16 words)
Orrorin had small teeth relative to its body size. (9 words)
Example sentences (3)
Orrorin had small teeth relative to its body size.
The earliest fossils argued by some to belong to the human lineage are Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7 Ma) and Orrorin tugenensis (6 Ma), followed by Ardipithecus (5.5–4.4 Ma), with species Ar. kadabba and Ar. ramidus.
While this suggest that Orrorin was bipedal, the rest of the postcranium indicates it climbed trees.