Every other reference on the internet to “archaic” hominins, hominids, or homininos refers to Middle Pleistocene Homo. So whats going on with this?
I guess that “australopithecine” no longer appeals to folks who want to simultaneously refer to Australopithecus, Kenyanthropus, Ardipithecus, Orrorin, Paranthropus, and whoknowswhatelseensis. So maybe some people are casting around for another term, besides the boring “early hominid” — oops, “hominin”. It doesn’t make sense to redefine “archaic” to mean non-Homo hominids — oops, hominins. So I thought I would look in my thesaurus for some alternatives: age-old, aged, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, back number*, been around*, bygone, creak, dated, decayed, done, démodé, early, elderly, erstwhile, fossil*, hoary, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old goat*, old-fashioned, older, oldie*, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, quondom, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, timeworn, unfashionable, venerable, vintage Now, sure “fossil” is out — but there are a lot of good options here. I think “hoary hominids” is a bit catchier than “old goat hominids”, e
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