protohuman
Appearance
See also: Proto-Human
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]protohuman (comparative more protohuman, superlative most protohuman)
- Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind.
- 2003, Steven A. LeBlanc, Katherine E. Register, Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage, page 77:
- We each had limited knowledge of forager and protohuman warfare based on either ethnographic accounts or archaeological information, which forced both of us ...
- 1981, Leslie A. Fiedler, Houston A. Baker, “English Literature”, in English Institute, page 140:
- Among the protohuman institutions that didn't exist, materially speaking, was the behavior pattern of storytelling.
Noun
[edit]protohuman (plural protohumans)
- One of the earliest humans preceding Homo sapiens.
- 2008 March 21, John Noble Wilford, “New Analysis Suggests Earlier Start for Upright Walking”, in New York Times[1]:
- The research included an examination of the original fossils and a comparison with skeletons of modern humans and protohumans and also chimpanzees.
Translations
[edit]early human
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