Protohuman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Protohuman is an adjective meaning Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind.
Meaning
Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind.
More Meanings
- One of the earliest humans preceding Homo sapiens.
Example Sentences
Among the protohuman institutions that didn't exist, materially speaking, was the behavior pattern of storytelling.
The research included an examination of the original fossils and a comparison with skeletons of modern humans and protohumans and also chimpanzees.
We each had limited knowledge of forager and protohuman warfare based on either ethnographic accounts or archaeological information, which forced both of us .
Word Forms
- protohumans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include proto-human, antehuman, protogenic, paleoanthropic, protohistoric, palaeanthropic.
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