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Homo
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HOMO homo homo-
Translingual
right|thumb|Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis, comparison of skulls
Etymology
mul human :lbor la:homō<id:human>
From mul la homō human being, man.
Pronunciation
English:
en /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ RP
en /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ US
Proper noun
1 m Homines
genus family Hominidae various species of human, all but one of which is extinct
en Alan Houghton Brodrick Man and His Ancestors Radius Book/Hutchinson 1971 18 0 09 107691 9 So, men not unlike Homines sapientes were living in Europe at least while Homines erecti (Pithecanthropoids) flourished not only in Africa and Asia but also very possibly in Europe. mul
en mul 2008 Futurama: Bender's Game Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.
en mul James Griffiths This is how the ‘Hobbits’ of Indonesia became so small w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/09/asia/indonesia-flores-hobbits-trnd/index.html 2016-06-09 Discoverer Mike Morwood proposed that it was a shrunken Homo erectus, the same species that eventually evolved to become us; others suggested the Hobbits were descended from smaller, more primitive early humans such as Homo habilis or Australopithecus. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411004955/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/09/asia/indonesia-flores-hobbits-trnd/index.html
Synonyms
†Africanthropus genus, Anthropus genus, †Archanthropus genus, †Atlanthropus genus, †Cyphanthropus genus, †Europanthropus genus, †Javanthropus genus, †Kenyanthropus genus, †Maueranthropus genus, †Meganthropus genus, †Nipponanthropus genus, †Notanthropus genus, †Palaeanthropus genus, Pithecanthropus genus, †Praehomo genus, †Proanthropus genus, †Pseudhomo genus, †Sinanthropus genus, †Tchadanthropus genus, †Telanthropus genus
Hypernyms
genus ; Homininae subfamily subfamily; Hominini tribe tribe; Hominina subtribe subtribe
Hyponyms
genus Homo sapiens species sole extant species
Homo antecessor species, Homo cepranensis species, Homo erectus species, Homo ergaster species, Homo floresiensis species, Homo gautengensis species, Homo georgicus species, Homo habilis species, Homo heidelbergensis species, Homo luzonensis species, Homo microcranous species, Homo naledi species, Homo neanderthalensis species (syn. Homo stupidus species), Homo orientalis species, Homo platyops species, Homo rhodesiensis species, Homo rudolfensis species extinct species
Translations
genus
Bengali: bn মানুষ manúsh
Greek: el άνθρωπος
Russian: ru лю́ди, ru Человек m
References
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Homo by species Homo by species
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mul Hominids
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈhoːmo/
de De-Homo.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ho mo
Etymology 1
de gay :clip Homosexueller
de Homosexueller.
Noun
m,,s
de informal derogatory homosexual, gay
de Homosexueller Schwuler Schwuchtel Schwuli
de Hete f
Declension
m,,s
Derived terms
de Homoehe
See also
de Arschficker
Etymology 2
de human :bor la:homō<id:human>
de la homō human being, man.
Noun
m,-,Homines
human
Declension
m,-,Homines
Further reading
Homo_Homosexueller
de Sexual orientations