prehuman

Example Sentences

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Since its inception over a century ago, the conservation movement has been plagued by a conviction that "real" nature possesses a kind of "prehuman purity," they write.

From Salon • May 24, 2022

The planet is currently losing its biodiversity at 100 to 1,000 times the prehuman extinction rate.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2020

“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

What was the name of Jesus before he became a man? and what is the significance of his prehuman title?

From The Harp of God by Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin)