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

“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

The panels, Ms. Holup said, are intended to invoke centuries of life and activity, both human and prehuman.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2017

We require to make great demands on time for the prehuman periods of the earth's history, but not more than sacred history is willing to allow for the modern or human age.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William