homonin

English translation: hominin

16:52 Apr 3, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology / homonin / hominin
English term or phrase: homonin
Hi,
I was wondering whether “hominin” were synonymous with “homonin” in the following passage...
Thank you very much for any hint!

The social brain hypothesis argues that the complexities of * homonin *social life were responsible for driving the evolution of the early *hominin* brain from its essentially apelike beginnings to its modern form.
The theory offers a dynamic new perspective for exploring the evolutionary origins of fundamental social capabilities such as the formation of large, cooperating communities and the maintenance of high levels of intimacy and trust. Simultaneously, it informs on the specific cognitive abilities, such as theory of mind, that underpin these capabilities
(...)
“The notion of the distributed mind thus affords considerable potential for examining the socio-cognitive relationships structuring * homonin *and human societies...the extent to which cognition is gradually extended both into the material world and into the social world informs on the nature of what it is to be human”

taken from
Dunbar, R., Gamble, C., Gowlett, J. (Eds.). (2010). Social brain, distributed mind, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
haribert
Local time: 15:57
Selected answer:hominin
Explanation:
Looks like hominin is a spelling mistake.

"Is hominin a synonym of homonin?"The ultimate tongue twister.

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Note added at 32 mins (2017-04-03 17:25:27 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant "homonin is a spelling mistake".

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Note added at 46 mins (2017-04-03 17:39:43 GMT)
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Homonin gets 4,000 hits, many of which use both spellings in the same document, or are just junk. Hominin gets 650,000.
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philgoddard
United States
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4 +5hominin
philgoddard
4 +1homínido
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
hominin


Explanation:
Looks like hominin is a spelling mistake.

"Is hominin a synonym of homonin?"The ultimate tongue twister.

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Note added at 32 mins (2017-04-03 17:25:27 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant "homonin is a spelling mistake".

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Note added at 46 mins (2017-04-03 17:39:43 GMT)
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Homonin gets 4,000 hits, many of which use both spellings in the same document, or are just junk. Hominin gets 650,000.


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hominin
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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Thank you very much for your help!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi, Phil, thanks for your answer! Might it be that there are two different kinds of spelling for the same concept? because Homonin is repeated several times, while hominin just once...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Seems odd to find it in an OUP book, but it's quite common. I've found no evidence that homonins and hominins are different things. I think homonin is an error. Maybe it was a variant spelling, but I doubt it, because all these terms begin "homi-".
1 hr

agree  David Hollywood: https://www.britannica.com/animal/hominin Traducir esta página 4 may. 2010 - Hominin, Any member of the zoological “tribe” Hominini (family Hominidae, order Primates), of which only one species exists today—Homo ...
1 hr

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
7 hrs

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
11 hrs

agree  acetran
17 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
homínido


Explanation:
Me parece que es un error y sería ¨hominid¨, por el contexto


    Reference: http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:homo
    Reference: http://https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hom%C3%ADnido
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 09:57
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  acetran
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Acetran! I didn´t notice that it was rerquired in English.
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