hominization

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hom′ə nə zāshən)


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hom•i•ni•za•tion  (hom′ə nə zāshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physical Anthropologythe evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
  • Latin homin- (stem of homō man (see Homo) + -ization
  • 1950–55

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