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prehuman

[pree-hyoo-muhn, -yoo-] / priˈhju mən, -ˈju- /
NOUN
missing link
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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

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

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)




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