prehistory
human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
a history of the events or incidents leading to a crisis, situation, or the like.
Origin of prehistory
1Other words from prehistory
- pre·his·to·ri·an [pree-hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-], /ˌpri hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr-/, noun
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How to use prehistory in a sentence
To predict where this goes, we’ll look at our prehistory, studying trends over the past six million years of evolution.
Future Evolution: How Will Humans Change in the Next 10,000 Years? | Nicholas R. Longrich | March 3, 2022 | Singularity HubAs the galleries explain, humans’ relationship with numbers goes back deep into prehistory.
Human history and prehistory were doubtless full of conflict, but then as now, tribes may have had peaceful interactions—treaties, marriages, friendships—and may simply have gifted technology to their neighbors.
How a Handful of Prehistoric Geniuses Launched Humanity’s Technological Revolution | Nicholas R. Longrich | January 7, 2022 | Singularity HubThe compendium of objects that explore the prehistory of cinema left me marveling at the fact that anyone ever thought moving pictures were a possibility.
In Los Angeles, a new museum celebrates the art of moviemaking | Courtney Lichterman | October 28, 2021 | Washington PostIt was not until the turn of the 20th century that dinosaurs came to be seen as massive, hulking, and lumbering behemoths of prehistory.
How Tycoons Created the Dinosaur - Issue 107: The Edge | Lukas Rieppel | October 20, 2021 | Nautilus
Behind them came people bearing the Nostvet culture.148 Our knowledge of Russian prehistory is still very scanty.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerAnd it extends still further back into prehistory, that is to say, into, unwritten history.
Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History | Antonio LabriolaWith this social organization ends the prehistory of the human race.
Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History | Antonio LabriolaAs a matter of fact they belong to the prehistory period of Britain, and to test their value scientific methods are required.
Folklore as an Historical Science | George Laurence GommeThe attempt to place this long chapter of prehistory on a historical basis has many dangers, of which I am fully aware.
Men of the Old Stone Age | Henry Fairfield Osborn
British Dictionary definitions for prehistory
/ (priːˈhɪstərɪ) /
the prehistoric period
the study of this period, relying entirely on archaeological evidence
Derived forms of prehistory
- prehistorian (ˌpriːhɪˈstɔːrɪən), noun
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