Protohuman
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Adjective
- 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 ..."
Example
More examples"We each had limited knowledge of forager and protohuman warfare based on either ethnographic accounts or archaeological information, which forced both of us ..."
Etymology
From proto- + human.
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