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prehistoric

[pree-hi-stawr-ik, -stor-, pree-i-]

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adjective

of or pertaining to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.

Slang. outdated; passé: My mom has these prehistoric ideas about proper dress.

Also, pre·his·tor·i·cal.

Origin:
1850–55; pre- + historic

Related forms

pre·his·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Reminders of the metropolitan region's prehistoric past are obvious to those who know where to look.

There is a haunting prehistoric ritual still conditioned into every human being's reflexes.

They argue that mankind's prehistoric penchant for mammoth may have had a discernible effect on climate.

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Reminders of the metropolitan region's prehistoric past are obvious to those who know where to look.

There is a haunting prehistoric ritual still conditioned into every human being's reflexes.

They argue that mankind's prehistoric penchant for mammoth may have had a discernible effect on climate.

Prehistoric marine reptiles, both alien and awe-inspiring, at once utterly inhuman and somehow irresistibly compelling.

Cave of prehistoric art to be re-opened after microbial infestation.

Prehistoric humans painted images of the animals on cave walls and carved their likeness in fragments of mammoth tusk.

Reconstructing the anatomy of prehistoric sharks isn't easy.

The state of prehistoric society may possibly be determined by the examination of cabinets.

Freed from commerce, the merry residents of this prehistoric lake bed give gifts and make art and party.

If something is two years old, it is considered prehistoric.

We may never know the outcome of such a prehistoric encounter-or even if a meeting occurred.

But popular appeal notwithstanding, the evolutionary history of this prehistoric beast has proved somewhat difficult to pin down.

Prehistoric masons built the ringed monuments atop one another and buried them forming a hill.

The prehistoric cookie-cutter cat was not as cute as the name suggests.

Researchers examined and named a new species of prehistoric cheetah.

Prehistoric creatures left seemingly endless proof of their existence fossilized in age-old rocks.

Rather than being a silly one-off, the slapstick scene embodies the tone of the prehistoric miniseries.

Complete, articulated remains of prehistoric organisms are rare.

The character of an eruption is based on the prehistoric and historic record of the volcano in question and its volcanic products.

It has attempted to reflect on our home planet, the prehistoric world and the farthest reaches of the universe.

Larsen notes that today many populations combine aspects of both and probably did in the prehistoric past.

Prehistoric man probably depended a lot more on the process of trial and error than modern anthropologists believe.

We need to know more about the prehistoric past as well as processes still in action today.

Many prehistoric species are known only from teeth and maybe a few skeletal scraps.

On the dry remains of an enormous prehistoric lake, a quiet ride in a wind-propelled craft.

Other colours found along the desert's southern fringe stem from the fossilised remains of a prehistoric coniferous forest.

They are preserved bits of prehistoric behavior, but, unless an animal actually dies.

They were simply continuing their work on coat color in prehistoric horses.

Rich team up to explain the process of reconstructing scenes of prehistoric life from fossils of long.

They wanted dinosaurs and other prehistoric monsters to.

VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size.

The data on these prehistoric humans come from cave excavations in lowland wet zone.

Preliminary results from the scan have revealed the first detailed internal map from a prehistoric animal.

The skeletons of the prehistoric creatures stood nearly shoulder to.

Delicate, thin-shafted plumage would have made flapping difficult if not impossible for two prehistoric.

Prehistoric evidence suggests that making and listening to music is one of the basic actions of humans.

Paleontologists have long been fascinated by bizarre structures on prehistoric animals.

Even prehistoric painters used tricks to make their works appear more realistic.

Today, research continues in the region in an effort to learn more about dinosaurs and other forms of prehistoric life.

These simplified illustrations of prehistoric sea life did not do the trilobites justice.

One of the primary activities of prehistoric clans was the acknowledgment of all members on an intimate level.

Teasing out relationships among prehistoric animals is a comparative science.

From prehistoric days to the present, mining enterprises have prospered at the expense of those who did the actual work.

Visitors step back in time through giant prehistoric animal murals and.

According to a new study, the prehistoric bear may not have been as carnivorous as has been inferred.

So many of the prehistoric creatures were so unlike anything alive today.

They pump their water out of prehistoric aquifers, which are going dry.

Even the largest land mammal, the prehistoric rhino-relative.

After all, the prehistoric species had no closer relatives from which to draw from.

It is clearly the fossil of a prehistoric centipede.

Unique interactive exhibits will explore how these giants ate, breathed, and moved in the prehistoric world.

There is much that remains unknown about the diversity of prehistoric pandas and their precise placement in time.

It is difficult to see how prehistoric man could have made his abode along the main streams while these monsters flourished.

But few animal remains have been found near the holes, contrary to what might be expected around prehistoric kitchens.

Knives have also been used, not only for eating but as tools and weapons, since prehistoric times.

Gary may have made sculptures of prehistoric animals from outdated auto-parts, but his works are timeless.

Since prehistoric times, locals have scratched away the topsoil from these hills to expose the chalk underneath.

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World English Dictionary

prehistoric or prehistorical (ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk)

—*adj*
	of or relating to man's development before the appearance of the written word

prehistorical or prehistorical

—*adj*

prehis'torically or prehistorical

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

prehistoric

1851, modeled on Fr. préhistorique, from pre- + history (q.v.). Prehistory is attested from 1871.

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