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prehistoric

[pree-hi-stawr-ik, -stor-, pree-i-] / ˌpri hɪˈstɔr ɪk, -ˈstɒr-, ˌpri ɪ- /


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Wouldn’t you want to hang out with the guy unabashedly wearing a hat with a prehistoric creature bursting out of each end?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The spooky inhabitants of the mansion, Button House, come from a variety of historial periods, ranging from prehistoric man right through to the modern day.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The results showed that both prehistoric and medieval Irish goats are most closely related to today's Old Irish Goat.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

The toothless bottom-feeder, which looks like a prehistoric catfish and can weigh over 200 pounds, has been overfished globally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Finally, peoples of some areas ecologically suitable for food production neither evolved nor acquired agriculture in prehistoric times at all; they persisted as hunter-gatherers until the modern world finally swept upon them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond