protohominid
nounEtymology
From proto- + hominid.
- learned borrowing from Hominidae
Definitions
Any of several primitive animals that were evolutionary ancestors of the hominids.
- Although the ethological studies of chimpanzees cannot present us with a picture of the life of the protohominids, they can give us some insights into what these conditions may have been like.
Of or pertaining to these creatures.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for protohominid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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