Etymology
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ante- + human
Adjective
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antehuman (not comparable)
- Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
- Synonym: prehuman
- Quoted in 1892, Charles Bartlett Warring, Genesis 1 and Modern Science (page 11)
- I am sure that all will join in the wish that Professor Huxley would give an outline of what is known of the antehuman history of the globe.
