Etymology
Origin of prehuman
Example Sentences
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He named the prehuman species Australopithecus africanus — the southern ape of Africa.
From New York Times
Since its inception over a century ago, the conservation movement has been plagued by a conviction that "real" nature possesses a kind of "prehuman purity," they write.
From Salon
These demagogues basically tap into the very primitive prehuman programming in the limbic part of the brain.
From Salon
His greed is hard-wired, a genetic inheritance, a prehuman trait that this human has turned into a rage for power.
From New York Times
They may have revealed a prehuman baseline for many waterways, but they know change is a constant of geology.
From Science Magazine
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