Homo longi

Translingual

Etymology

From being a hominid (Homo, from Latin homo (“man”)) discovered in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang (“黑龍江”).

longi, from Mandarin 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”). From Chinese 黑龍江／黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng, “Heilongjiang”, literally “Black Dragon River”).

Proper noun

Homo longi m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – Dragon Man; an archaic hominid, identified from a skull discovered in Heilongjiang Province, China.

Hypernyms

• (species): Primates – order; Haplorhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Homininae – subfamily; Hominini – tribe; Hominina – subtribe; Homo – genus

See also

• Denisovan

References

• Homo longi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Homo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies