(きゅうじん)

きゅうじん
noun
archaic humans; archaic Homo
academicscience
1. archaic humans; archaic Homo (e.g. Neanderthals)
In the conventional four-stage scheme of human evolution, the third stage — archaic members of the genus Homo such as the Neanderthals — coming after 原人(げんじん) (Homo erectus) and before 新人(しんじん) (modern humans).
旧人(きゅうじん)ネアンデルタール(じん)(ふく)まれる
Archaic humans include the Neanderthals.
Humankind evolved from Homo erectus to archaic humans.
旧人(きゅうじん)現代人(げんだいじん)より頑丈(がんじょう)(からだ)()っていた
Archaic humans had sturdier bodies than modern humans.

An anthropology term for the archaic-Homo stage of human evolution.

The standard sequence is 猿人(えんじん) (australopithecines) → 原人(げんじん) (Homo erectus) → 旧人(きゅうじん) (archaic humans) → 新人(しんじん) (modern humans).

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