prehuman

CEFRC1

/ˈpriˈhjumən/

adjective

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01
adjective
Existing or happening before modern humans appeared.
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adjective
Extra detail
One of the human-like creatures that existed before Homo sapiens.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

The book explores the world as it existed in prehuman times.
They said the find also added to evidence that painted a picture of Homo erectus as the prehumans who took long evolutionary strides — figuratively and, now it seems, also literally.
In the recently opened Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, there are more than 200 casts of prehuman and human fossils and artifacts that illustrate stages in physical and behavioral evolution.

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In the recently opened Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, there are more than 200 casts of prehuman and human fossils and artifacts that illustrate stages in physical and behavioral evolution.
2007 March 9, The New York Times, “Spare Times”, in New York Times
They said the find also added to evidence that painted a picture of Homo erectus as the prehumans who took long evolutionary strides — figuratively and, now it seems, also literally.
2009 February 27, John Noble Wilford, “Prints Show a Modern Foot in Prehumans”, in New York Times

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From pre- + human.