protohominid

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ hominid.

Noun

protohominid (plural protohominids)

1. Any of several primitive animals that were evolutionary ancestors of the hominids.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:

     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.

Adjective

protohominid (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.