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Recent Examples of hominid
Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
If the researchers can extend their findings to earlier spheroids found in Africa, from the Oldowan stone industry, then the balls could serve as some of the first evidence of hominid intelligence.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
Researchers believe this event was a final trigger in making the Sahara a desert, maybe even driving early hominids out of Africa some 10 to 7 million years ago.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Researchers also identified two tiny fragments of hominid skull as belonging to H. erectus, an ancient human ancestor.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
If the researchers can extend their findings to earlier spheroids found in Africa, from the Oldowan stone industry, then the balls could serve as some of the first evidence of hominid intelligence.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Noun
The decision to stick around with the hominids proved lucrative.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
Researchers believe this event was a final trigger in making the Sahara a desert, maybe even driving early hominids out of Africa some 10 to 7 million years ago.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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In the study experiment, the participants worked with a child-sized humanoid robot named iCub.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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The company, which disputed the figure, is among the top humanoid robotic firms in China, vying with the US for global supremacy in the sector.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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And both are known to carry parasites that can hurt humans.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Once upon a time, scholars thought that human evolution was a march of progress in which our forebears evolved in linear fashion from an apelike ancestor to a series of increasingly humanlike forms.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
13 Aug. 2025
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Authorities are combing through video from the scene, including this video which appears to show a person on the roof immediately following the shooting, according to sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Republican strategist Michael Biundo was among many to observe how confident Kirk was from the jump, how undaunted by being new to the scene and often the youngest person in the mix.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Just note that these little creatures are final sale items and are therefore ineligible for returns.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
10 Sep. 2025
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The plot centers on Jam, a teenager who inadvertently brings a creature from a painting to life.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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Authorities arrested a man shortly after a bullet hit Kirk, Mason said during the news conference.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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No man is worth missing Paris for.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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China, by comparison, boasts an active military of 2,000,000 individuals, as well as air and naval technology several levels above the island territory’s current capabilities.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Utah authorities released photos of the person of interest in the shooting on Thursday in which the individual can be seen on steps while carrying a black backpack and wearing a shirt with what appeared to be an American flag print on it.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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But over the years, the river had been dammed upstream, drying it up and killing the fish.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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All meats are dry-aged on site, but pay attention to the less flashy dishes like the palace potatoes (shockingly crispy potatoe pavé) and the Sicilian Crudo, a trio of tuna, king fish, and king salmon in a pool of herbs.—
Kate Dingwall,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Hominid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hominid. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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