prehuman
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These demagogues basically tap into the very primitive prehuman programming in the limbic part of the brain.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2021
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
Showing the teeth in scorn dates back, according to Darwin, to a prehuman stage of development, and is seen in its useful form in animals like the dog or gorilla that have large canine teeth.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth
