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antehuman

antehuman adjective: preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.

Adjective

antehuman (not comparable)

  1. Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
    • I am sure that all will join in the wish that Professor Huxley would give an outline of what is known of the antehuman history of the globe.Quoted in 1892, Charles Bartlett Warring, Genesis 1 and Modern Science (page 11)
    Synonyms:
    prehuman

Synonyms of antehuman

Origin of antehuman

From ante- + human.

Questions about antehuman

What does antehuman mean?
Antehuman means preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
What part of speech is antehuman?
Antehuman is an adjective.

Words near antehuman in the dictionary

  1. antegradely
  2. antegrammatical
  3. antehelices
  4. antehelix
  5. antehelixes
  6. antehuman
  7. antehumeral
  8. antehypophyseal
  9. antehypophyses
  10. antehypophysis
  11. anteing

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