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Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.
William Irwin Thompson

Meaning of "hominid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOMINID

Via New Latin from Latin homo man + -id².
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMINID

hominid  [ˈhɒmɪnɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMINID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hominid can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOMINID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hominidae

The Hominidae form a taxonomic family of primates, including four extant genera: ▪ chimpanzees – 2 species ▪ gorillas – 2 species ▪ humans – 1 species ▪ orangutans – 2 species. The term "hominid" is also used in the more restricted sense as hominins or "humans and relatives of humans closer than chimpanzees". In this usage, all hominid species other than Homo sapiens are extinct. A number of known extinct genera are grouped with humans in the Homininae subfamily, others with orangutans in the Ponginae subfamily. The most recent common ancestor of the Hominidae lived roughly 14 million years ago, when the ancestors of the orangutans speciated from the ancestors of the other three genera. The ancestors of the Hominidae family had already speciated from those of the Hylobatidae family, perhaps 15 million to 20 million years ago.

Definition of hominid in the English dictionary

The definition of hominid in the dictionary is any primate of the family Hominidae, which includes modern man and the extinct precursors of man. Other definition of hominid is of, relating to, or belonging to the Hominidae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMINID


arachnid
əˈræknɪd
canid
ˈkænɪd
cyanid
ˈsaɪənɪd
cyprinid
sɪˈpraɪnɪd
Enid
ˈiːnɪd
fusulinid
ˌfjuːzəˈlaɪnɪd
hackneyed
ˈhæknɪd
honeyed
ˈhʌnɪd
learned
ˈlɜːnɪd
Leonid
ˈliːənɪd
moneyed
ˈmʌnɪd
monied
ˈmʌnɪd
prehominid
priːˈhɒmɪnɪd
salmonid
ˈsælmənɪd
Sassanid
ˈsæsənɪd
staphylinid
ˌstæfɪˈlɪnɪd
tachinid
ˈtækɪnɪd
unaccompanied
ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənɪd
unlearned
ʌnˈlɜːnɪd
whinnied
ˈwɪnɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMINID

homiletic
homiletical
homiletically
homiletics
homilies
homilist
homily
hominess
homing
homing device
homing guidance
homing instinct
homing pigeon
hominine
hominisation
hominization
hominize
hominoid
hominy
hominy grits

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMINID

Achaemenid
braconid
drepanid
iguanid
muraenid
Oceanid
phoronid
pycnogonid
ranid
sciaenid
scorpaenid
serranid
siganid
tabanid
tenebrionid
vespertilionid
zygaenid

Synonyms and antonyms of hominid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hominid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMINID

Find out the translation of hominid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hominid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hominid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原始人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homínido
570 millions of speakers

English

hominid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

होमिनिड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسلاف الانسان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гоминид
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hominídeo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোমিনিডের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hominidé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hominid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hominiden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒト科の動物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호미니드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hominid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vượn nhân hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர்நிலை விலங்கினம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होमिनीड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insanımsı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ominide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hominid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гомінід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hominid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθρωποειδές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hominied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hominid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hominid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hominid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMINID»

The term «hominid» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.196 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMINID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hominid

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5 QUOTES WITH «HOMINID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hominid.
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Juan Enriquez
I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis:... a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species.
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Louis Leakey
I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene.
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Richard Leakey
To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.
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Justin Rosenstein
The human brain is a product of natural selection. In the face of scarcity, our hominid great-great-uncles were unable to compete against our sapient great-great-grandparents' abilities to build more elaborate mental models and orchestrate their bodies' movements in more sophisticated ways.
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William Irwin Thompson
Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMINID»

Discover the use of hominid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hominid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hominid Adaptations and Extinctions
Looking at a period of history 22 to 2.5 million years ago, this title examines the record of the Neogene fossil apes: their adaptive trends, their morphologies and their relationships to the environment, their evolution and their ...
David W. Cameron, 2004
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Early Hominid Activities at Olduvai
Originally published: New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1988.
Richard Potts
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The Hominid Individual in Context: Archaeological ...
This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors.
Clive Gamble, Martin Porr, 2005
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Hominid Cranial Remains
Volume 4.
Meave G. Leakey, Bernard A. Wood, Richard E. Leakey, 1991
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Late Cenozoic Environments and Hominid Evolution: A Tribute ...
Environmental determinants in early hominid evolution: issues and evidence from the Tugen Hills, Kenya JOHN D. KINGSTON Department of Anthropology and Department of Geology and Geophysics, PO Box 208109, Yale University, New ...
Peter Banham, Peter Andrews, Walter W. Bishop, 1999
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Evolution of Human Behavior: Primate Models
Paleoanthropologists attempt to use data from actual traces of hominids and their environmental settings to reconstruct hominid behavior and ecology. New methods of analysis have enabled inferences about early hominid locomotion, diet, ...
Warren G. Kinzey, 1987
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The Hominid Gang: Behind the Scenes in the Search for Human ...
The Hominid Gang explores a search for man's roots that extends Alex Haley's saga by millions of years.
Delta Willis, 1991
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Boxgrove: A Middle Pleistocene Hominid Site at Eartham ...
A report on the work at some West Sussex quarries which led to the discovery of a thigh-bone from the oldest human ever found in Britain, the 500,000 years old `Boxgrove man'.
Mark Roberts, Simon Parfitt, 1999
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Essentials of Physical Anthropology
Offering balanced coverage of the topic areas you'll cover in class (heredity and evolution, primates, hominid evolution, and contemporary human evolution) this edition emphasizes the chronology of fossil finds instead of just describing ...
Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, 2010
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Zooarchaeological and Taphonomic Perspectives on Hominid and ...
CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS This dissertation has attempted to generate data appropriate for tracking variability in hominid and carnivore behavior in the paleo -Olduvai Basin in relation to measurable behavioral ecological variables.
Charles P. Egeland, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMINID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hominid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Computer crashes really were just coincidence - Central Maine
Our hominid brains have been evolving for several million years, 99 percent of that time in response to the threats and opportunities ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Chimpanzees May Possess Hands More Evolved Than The Human …
... the hands of chimps and orangutans have changed much more since they split off from those ancestors to form new branches on the hominid ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
3
The Death Of Flash Is Coming, And Not Everyone's Happy
Did you enjoy Alien Hominid? Thank Adobe Flash. The Binding of Isaac? The original version ran like crap, but that was Flash, too. Flash eats ... «Kotaku Australia, Jul 15»
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The Road To Pax
That game made by the people who made "Alien Hominid" where you battle with blocks on display again- looks like it's coming along fine. «Big Shiny Robot!, Jul 15»
5
Should we rethink human evolution?
Until about 3 million years ago, experts thought, there weren't a lot of hominid species. In fact, some researchers argued that most hominid ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»
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Opinion: Odds are, it's all meaningless
Our hominid brains have been evolving for several million years, 99 percent of that time in response to the threats and opportunities ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
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Earth's history isn't on our side with new sea-level rise study
... ago??? you ARE funny.. mother nature has ruled this planet for millions of years and you think your wimpy hominid ass is more powerful than ... «The Hoops News, Jul 15»
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Computer glitches struck the stock market and United Airlines on the …
Our hominid brains have been evolving for several million years, 99 percent of that time in response to the threats and opportunities ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Castle Crashers Dev's New Xbox One/PC Game Finally Has an …
... out Behemoth's booth to play Pit People and the studio's previous games, Castle Crashers, Battleblock Theater, and Alien Hominid HD. «GameSpot, Jul 15»
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Here's the pitch: Throwing's evolution
In the last two to three million years of hominid history there were a number of developments that led to evolutionary success and the ability to ... «Maple Ridge News, Jul 15»

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