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prehistoric

[pree-hi-stawr-ik, -stor-, pree-i-] / ˌpri hɪˈstɔr ɪk, -ˈstɒr-, ˌpri ɪ- /


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There’s no shame in it—that’s how bubbles get bubblier and it’s the same instinct that helped your ancestors survive in prehistoric times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In 1928, the initial discovery of the rock art was dismissed as "red oxide mineral seeping through the rock and not prehistoric art", the Guardian reported at the time.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

That could produce difficulties for the cloned animals and for modern life, including the possible revival of prehistoric pathogens for which humankind has no defense.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Researchers also determined that at least eight individuals were buried in the Heaning Wood Bone Cave over several different prehistoric periods.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

However, prehistoric South American farmers instead grew the related cotton Gossypium barbadense.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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