neanthropic

[ nee-an-throp-ik ]

adjective

, Anthropology.

1. of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.

neanthropic

/ nē′ən-thrŏp′ĭk /

1. Relating to members of the extant species Homo sapiens as compared with other, now extinct species of Homo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of neanthropic¹

First recorded in 1890–95; ne- + anthropic

Example Sentences

The beginning of the neanthropic is still a reindeer age, though that animal was apparently becoming rare.

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When we leave the Deluge and come to the postdiluvian or neanthropic period, similar coincidences occur.

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Finally, what relation does the record in Genesis x. bear to the prehistoric peoples of the neanthropic age?

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