prehuman

Examples

• All

• The museum's exhibit features various artifacts from prehuman ancestors, showcasing their development over time.

• Plus, why is the prehuman at the start a junkie shooting up a virus and diving into a waterfall?

  Blog text (24)

• I should find the planet full of these angry prehumans and take a broken droid with me as a translator because they should be nicer the second time you see them.

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• The other is the exploration of the past, a whole background of geography, climate, and animal life which accompanied man's change from a prehuman to a Homo sapiens.

  Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

• Archaeologists believe that studying prehuman remains can provide insight into the evolution of modern humans.

Synonyms

H

Homo erectus

vsprehuman

• Specialized

2 8.2

An early human no longer alive that walked upright and used simple tools

is a general ancestor term not limited to a particular species

P

protohuman

vsprehuman

• Specialized

9.3

A human ancestor from before modern humans

is the general term for ancestors that lived before modern humans

A

Australopithecus

vsprehuman

• Specialized

9.9

An extinct early human ancestor from Africa that lived long ago

is broader and refers to any early ancestor before modern humans

A

Australopithecus afarensis

vsprehuman

• Specialized

9.9

An extinct early human ancestor known from fossils found in Ethiopia

is a general ancestor label rather than one named fossil species

A

Australopithecus africanus

vsprehuman

• Specialized

9.9

An extinct early human ancestor that lived in southern Africa about three million years ago

is a broader ancestral label not tied to a single species

G

genus Paranthropus

vsprehuman

• Archaic

9.9

A group of extinct early human ancestors like Australopithecus robustus

is a nontechnical label for ancestors rather than an old classification

G

genus Plesianthropus

vsprehuman

• Archaic

9.9

An old scientific name for early humanlike fossils now called Australopithecus

is the general ancestral concept, not a historical taxonomic label

H

Homo antecessor

vsprehuman

• Specialized

9.9

An early human known from bones found in Spain about one million years ago

is a general term for ancestors rather than a named species

H

Homo heidelbergensis

vsprehuman

• Specialized

9.9

An extinct human species from Europe and Africa that used simple tools

is broader and does not specify later ancestral relationships

P

Pithecanthropus erectus

vsprehuman

• Archaic

9.9

An old name for early human fossils now called Homo erectus

is the nontechnical way to speak about ancestors rather than formal names

P

pithecanthrope

vsprehuman

• Archaic

9.9

An extinct early human relative with ape features

is the nontechnical label for ancestors that lived before modern humans

G

genus Pithecanthropus

vsprehuman

• Archaic

9.9

A former name for fossil humans now called Homo erectus

is the broad ancestor concept without reference to past taxonomy

S

Sinanthropus

vsprehuman

• Archaic

9.9

An extinct early human from long ago now called Homo erectus

is the general ancestor idea rather than that historical label

A

ape-man

vsprehuman

• Archaic

9.1

An early human with features between apes and people today

is a sober term for actual ancestors rather than speculative intermediates

D

dryopithecine

vsprehuman

• Specialized

9.9

An extinct ape from millions of years ago that may be an ancestor of modern apes and humans

is focused on human ancestors specifically rather than broader ape ancestors

How Apelike

ape

118 1.0

pithecanthrope

• Archaic

9.9

prehuman

• Specialized

1 7.7

hominid

• Specialized

12 7.6

Homo sapiens

• Specialized

2 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology