prehistory
Americannoun
plural
prehistories-
human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
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a history of the events or incidents leading to a crisis, situation, or the like.
Other Word Forms
- prehistorian noun
Etymology
Origin of prehistory
Example Sentences
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Overall, the findings suggest that relationships between humans and wolves in prehistory were far more varied than once thought.
From Science Daily
Readers young and old will be treated to a host of information, from established details to new discoveries, from prehistory to the present.
What made Europe’s fascination with its own origins, its “deep prehistory,” an opening to global modernity?
Al-Shamahi takes her story up to the invention of writing, where prehistory may be said to end.
From Los Angeles Times
"This is yet more fascinating evidence for Stonehenge's link with south-west Wales, where its bluestones come from," said Michael Parker Pearson, professor of British later prehistory at University College London.
From BBC
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