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prehuman

[pree-hyoo-muh n or, often, -yoo-]
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adjective
  1. preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
  2. of or relating to a human prototype.
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noun
  1. a prehuman animal.
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Origin of prehuman

First recorded in 1835–45; pre- + human
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Examples from the Web for prehuman

Historical Examples

  • This prehuman stage has, none the less, a very great significance in the developmental history of man.

    Men of the Old Stone Age

    Henry Fairfield Osborn

  • Some regarded the skull as that of a giant gibbon, others as prehuman, and still others as a transition form.

    Men of the Old Stone Age

    Henry Fairfield Osborn

  • So long as the organic hosts were in the prehuman stage the maintenance of the accord was easily and naturally attained.

    Domesticated Animals

    Nathaniel Southgate Shaler