Homo antecessor

Translingual

Etymology

Homo (“man”) + Latin antecessor (“predecessor, one who goes before”).

Proper noun

†Homo antecessor m

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human, likely descended from Homo erectus.

Hypernyms

(species): Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus

Coordinate terms

(species): Homo heidelbergensis

References

Homo antecessor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Homo antecessor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Homo antecessor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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