protohominid

noun

Etymology

From proto- + hominid.

  1. learned borrowing from Hominidae
  2. prefixed as protohominid — “proto + hominid

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Of or pertaining to these creatures.

The neighborhood

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