prehuman
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He named the prehuman species Australopithecus africanus — the southern ape of Africa.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023
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 • May 24, 2022
“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
His prehuman name was the Logos, which is translated in our common version Bible "the Word".
From The Harp of God by Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin)