Etymology
Origin of prehuman
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The planet is currently losing its biodiversity at 100 to 1,000 times the prehuman extinction rate.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
“Germs of disease have taken toll of humanity since the beginning of things – taken toll of our prehuman ancestors since life began here.”
From Fox News ● Apr. 12, 2020
One of her first childhood stories was a fable about a fantastical prehuman era in which animals built an advanced civilization, but then destroyed it—along with their ability to speak—in a war.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
Modern scientific renditions of the prehuman world might seem far more careful and realistic.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2011
The most interesting subject for inquiry is the fortune of our human and prehuman forerunners during the Pliocene and Pleistocene periods.
From The Story of Evolution by Joseph McCabe
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