Prehuman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prehuman is an adjective meaning Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
Meaning
Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
More Meanings
- One of the human-like creatures that existed before Homo sapiens.
Example Sentences
They said the find also added to evidence that painted a picture of Homo erectus as the prehumans who took long evolutionary strides — figuratively and, now it seems, also literally.
In the recently opened Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, there are more than 200 casts of prehuman and human fossils and artifacts that illustrate stages in physical and behavioral evolution.
Word Forms
- prehumans
Synonyms for prehuman
Depending on context, synonyms include antehuman.
Antonyms for prehuman
Common opposites include posthuman, transhuman.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include premodern, prebiological, preterhuman, precivilized, preexistent, posthuman.
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