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neanthropic

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ne⋅an⋅throp⋅ic

  [nee-an-throp-ik]
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–adjective Anthropology.
of or pertaining to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
Also, neoanthropic.

Origin:
1890–95; ne- + anthropic
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ne·an·throp·ic   (nē'ən-thrŏp'ĭk)   
adj.  Of or relating to members of the extant species Homo sapiens as compared with other, now extinct species of Homo.

[ne(o)- + anthrop(o)- + -ic.]
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