prehistory
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- noun
- /ˌpriːˈhɪstəri/
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prehistoria
- Research into prehistory helps us understand the evolution of societies before written history.
- prehistory and history
- American prehistory
- long prehistory
People who study deep history, you know, prehistory, archaeological remains from prehistory.
- People who study deep history, you know, prehistory, archaeological remains from prehistory.
- That's, I mean, the first thing that's not prehistory really is that part of the world is Mesopotamia.
- It's the labyrinth with the first human settlements date back to prehistory.
- We, we, we don't know what our prehistory is.
- Stonehenge, you know, the, the, the, the, the dark days of of prehistory.
- That is a hypothesis that I am putting forward to answer some of the questions that I have about about prehistory.
- And if you imagine like we've throughout prehistory for, you know, countless hundreds of thousands of years, we've had these relationships with all these species.
- They say they're, they say they're like prehistoric, which is prehistory.
Examples
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Archaeologists study ancient tools to learn about human life in prehistory.
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Sue's passion lies in fortified sites, especially hillforts, and researching prehistory in both Australia and Britain.
Blog text (26) -
And today we welcome Joe Cook, Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at the British Museum.
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Throughout prehistory, horses were uncommon in Britain, even on farms.
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The more we know about America's prehistory, the more puzzling it becomes.
Academic text (2000) -
The hill station's farmers survive the way mankind has done since prehistory: by the earth's provisions.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many animals that lived during prehistory were much larger than those we see today.
Synonyms
A time in human history before people wrote things
How Long Ago
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Etymology
The word prehistory combines pre- meaning 'before' and history meaning 'the written record of the past', so prehistory is the time before people wrote things down.