|ärk.ˈanthrəˈpī(ˌ)nē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from archi- + anthrop- + -inae
: an anthropological subdivision of Hominidae regarded as comparable to a subfamily and including Pithecanthropus and related forms distinguished by extreme development of the occipital torus — compare neoanthropinae , paleoanthropinae