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I wasn't familiar with the term hominin and though it might be a misspelling of hominid, but that's not the case: https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-

by thamer 4y ago

I wasn't familiar with the term hominin and though it might be a misspelling of hominid, but that's not the case: https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/hominid-and-hominin-whats-the-difference/ https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homi... Hominid: the group consisting of all modern and extinct Great Apes (that is, modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans plus all their immediate ancestors). Hominin: the group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors (including members of the genera Homo, Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Ardipithecus).

k_sze 4y ago
So hominins are a subset of hominids?
puffoflogic 4y ago
See also canid vs canine, felid vs feline. The pattern also has caniform, feliform as a partition of extant carnivora; but no *homiform; alas, Wikipedia only gives simiiform, the higher primates. Canine = dog,wolf,jackal,fox. Canid = [only canines are extant]. Feline = housecat, wildcat (very broadly), lynx, cheetah, puma. Felid = felines, remaining big cats. Selected caniforms: canids, bears, earless seals. Selected feliforms: felids, hyenas(!), mongooses.
- hirundo 4y ago
  Foxes are canid, but vulpine rather than canine.
- simonh 4y ago
  >but no *homiform I suppose we have humanoid.
kurupt213 4y ago
From the title I was expecting a treatise on how the bonobo should be considered a hominin
samanator 4y ago
Small correction, the great apes also include Bonobos.
adolph 4y ago
Hominin is also not an homonym of the latter, although a homophone the former is not a homograph of homonym. https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/homonym-homophone-homograph/ https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/homonym-...
daveslash 4y ago
The "Hall of Human Origins" at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. has a collection of hominim head sculptures titled "Meet your ancestors" [0]. They're definitely in the uncanny valley - super interesting to look at, but up close they're so lifelike and "almost human" that they're definitely a bit unsettling. [1] (sorry for the long google link - it was the best I could find online). [0] https://humanorigins.si.edu/exhibit/exhibit-floorplan/exhibit-floorplan-interactive https://humanorigins.si.edu/exhibit/exhibit-floorplan/exhibi... [1] https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8915842,-77.026796,3a,75y,167.97h,71.7t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipN8iXeGBybMCD_-DLjHtHPf2KUrLHfRtD_XW83V!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN8iXeGBybMCD_-DLjHtHPf2KUrLHfRtD_XW83V%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya51.17405-ro-0-fo100!7i10000!8i5000 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8915842,-77.026796,3a,75y,16...

by thamer 4y ago

k_sze 4y ago

So hominins are a subset of hominids?

puffoflogic 4y ago

See also canid vs canine, felid vs feline. The pattern also has caniform, feliform as a partition of extant carnivora; but no *homiform; alas, Wikipedia only gives simiiform, the higher primates. Canine = dog,wolf,jackal,fox. Canid = [only canines are extant]. Feline = housecat, wildcat (very broadly), lynx, cheetah, puma. Felid = felines, remaining big cats. Selected caniforms: canids, bears, earless seals. Selected feliforms: felids, hyenas(!), mongooses.

hirundo 4y ago
Foxes are canid, but vulpine rather than canine.
simonh 4y ago
>but no *homiform I suppose we have humanoid.

kurupt213 4y ago

From the title I was expecting a treatise on how the bonobo should be considered a hominin

samanator 4y ago

Small correction, the great apes also include Bonobos.

adolph 4y ago

Hominin is also not an homonym of the latter, although a homophone the former is not a homograph of homonym. https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/homonym-homophone-homograph/ https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/homonym-...

daveslash 4y ago

The "Hall of Human Origins" at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. has a collection of hominim head sculptures titled "Meet your ancestors" [0]. They're definitely in the uncanny valley - super interesting to look at, but up close they're so lifelike and "almost human" that they're definitely a bit unsettling. [1] (sorry for the long google link - it was the best I could find online). [0] https://humanorigins.si.edu/exhibit/exhibit-floorplan/exhibit-floorplan-interactive https://humanorigins.si.edu/exhibit/exhibit-floorplan/exhibi... [1] https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8915842,-77.026796,3a,75y,167.97h,71.7t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipN8iXeGBybMCD_-DLjHtHPf2KUrLHfRtD_XW83V!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN8iXeGBybMCD_-DLjHtHPf2KUrLHfRtD_XW83V%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya51.17405-ro-0-fo100!7i10000!8i5000 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8915842,-77.026796,3a,75y,16...