Homo sapiens idaltu

Translingual

Etymology

Homo sapiens + Afar idaltu (“elders, old men”)

Proper noun

Homo sapiens idaltu m

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – an extinct subspecies of human identified from fossils found in Ethiopia.

Hypernyms

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

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