prehuman

Example Sentences

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“Germs of disease have taken toll of humanity since the beginning of things – taken toll of our prehuman ancestors since life began here.”

From Fox News • Apr. 12, 2020

One of her first childhood stories was a fable about a fantastical prehuman era in which animals built an advanced civilization, but then destroyed it—along with their ability to speak—in a war.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

Modern scientific renditions of the prehuman world might seem far more careful and realistic.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2011

Other Green romantics decided that even hydropower is wicked, because it is generated by dams that despoil the prehuman landscape.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2011

"Pure prehuman and micro-organic chemistry," Aaron broke in.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack