"prehuman" meaning in English

See prehuman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: pre- + human Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|human}} pre- + human Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prehuman (not comparable)
  1. Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: antehuman Translations (Translations): preumano (Italian)
    Sense id: en-prehuman-en-adj-VDFJ9BeK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pre-human

Noun

Forms: prehumans [plural]
Etymology: pre- + human Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|human}} pre- + human Head templates: {{en-noun}} prehuman (plural prehumans)
  1. One of the human-like creatures prior to Homo sapiens.
    Sense id: en-prehuman-en-noun-PW7FBUy6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pre-human

Inflected forms

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