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Protohuman

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind.

    "We each had limited knowledge of forager and protohuman warfare based on either ethnographic accounts or archaeological information, which forced both of us ..."

Noun
  1. 1
    One of the earliest humans preceding Homo sapiens.

    "The research included an examination of the original fossils and a comparison with skeletons of modern humans and protohumans and also chimpanzees."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From proto- + human.

Etymology 2

From proto- + human.

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