prehuman

[ pree-hyoo-muhn or, often, -yoo- ]
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adjective

  1. preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.

  2. of or relating to a human prototype.

noun

  1. a prehuman animal.

Origin of prehuman

1
First recorded in 1835–45; pre- + human

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