prehuman

Example Sentences

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He named the prehuman species Australopithecus africanus — the southern ape of Africa.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023

These demagogues basically tap into the very primitive prehuman programming in the limbic part of the brain.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2021

“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

What we have left are very old ones, prehuman or savage in origin and mostly applying to physical relations.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins