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prehistoric

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


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By combining chemical imaging with highly sensitive radiocarbon measurements, the team has developed a method that could be applied to other prehistoric figures previously considered undatable.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

With this tool, early humans could create and maintain stone implements that were more carefully shaped and complex than those produced by some other prehistoric populations living during the same period.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

Pins have been dropped everywhere from a local golf course to the prehistoric megaliths of Stonehenge, 30 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

In 1997, Sotheby's hosted its first natural history auction selling fossils and other wonders of our prehistoric world.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

I fought the sucking mud and crawled out like some prehistoric creature from an ancient lagoon just as Mami and my sisters and brothers came running.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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