hominid
hominid 英 ['hɒmɪnɪd] 美 ['hɑmɪnɪd]
n. 原始人类；人科动物 adj. 人类及其祖先的
名词复数:hominids
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- n. 原始人类；人科动物
- adj. 人类及其祖先的
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1. A hominid is really any extinct ape more closely related to us than the chimpanzee.
原始人类中任何一个灭绝的猿物种和我们的关系都比黑猩猩更密切。
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2. H. erectus is generally believed to be the direct ancestor of modern humans and also the first hominid to live in caves and tame fire.
人们通常认为直立人是现代人的直接祖先，也是第一个生活在洞穴中和学会用火的原始人类。
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3. DNA studies, for example, suggest that our ancient human ancestors interbred, with Neanderthals possibly being absorbed into our gene pool and disappearing as their own distinct hominid species.
例如，DNA研究就显示古代人类的祖先也曾进行杂交，尼安德特人的基因很可能已被我们的基因库所吸收，而他们做为不同的原始人类物种却已经消失。
- hominid (n.) "one of the family of mammals represented by man," 1889, from Modern Latin Hominidæ the biological family name (1825), from Latin homo (genitive hominis) "man" (see homunculus) + -id. As an adjective from 1915. Related: Hominine (adj.).
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