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homo species

homo species

7.9
A kind of human that includes people alive today and extinct relatives
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊmoʊ ˈspiːʃiːz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : especies homo
  • The homo species have evolved over millions of years.

Examples

  • The study of ancient homo species reveals much about human evolution.

  • Researchers compared DNA samples from different homo species to trace migration patterns.

  • Neanderthals and Denisovans are extinct homo species closely related to modern humans.

  • Did you know that the homo species includes Neanderthals?

  • Scientists believe that modern humans are the last surviving members of the genus Homo.

  • The discovery of new fossils has led researchers to identify several extinct Homo species.

  • Anthropologists often study the evolutionary traits of different Homo species to understand human origins.

Surface Forms

homo species singular
homo species plural

Morphology

Homo + species

The phrase is directly compositional: combining the genus name 'Homo' with the biological category 'species' yields the straightforward meaning 'species that belong to the genus Homo'. This taxonomic naming pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Homo species comes from Latin: Homo means 'human' and species means 'kind' or 'group'. Scientists use these words to name different human kinds, so homo species means one of those human kinds, like Neanderthals or modern people.