Prehistoric
adjective
Belonging to far back in time, before people started recording history.
Dinosaurs lived during the prehistoric times.
Often appears as...
- prehistoric times
- prehistoric era
adjective
Very old-fashioned or outdated.
Their prehistoric attitudes towards women must change.
Often appears as...
- prehistoric attitudes
- prehistoric equipment
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Disapproving
adjective
Belonging to far back in time, before people started recording history.
Dinosaurs lived during the prehistoric times.
Often appears as...
- prehistoric times
- prehistoric era
adjective
Very old-fashioned or outdated.
Their prehistoric attitudes towards women must change.
Often appears as...
- prehistoric attitudes
- prehistoric equipment
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Prehistoric refers to a vast period before written records, not a specific event or short era.
The prehistoric age spans millions of years.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Depictions
Prehistoric themes are commonly portrayed in media, such as films about dinosaurs or early humans.
The movie depicts prehistoric life with impressive accuracy.
Pro Tip 3/3No Human Records
'Prehistoric' signals a time before humans documented events, different from 'historical'.
Cave paintings offer a glimpse into prehistoric human life.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Prehistoric refers to a vast period before written records, not a specific event or short era.
The prehistoric age spans millions of years.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Depictions
Prehistoric themes are commonly portrayed in media, such as films about dinosaurs or early humans.
The movie depicts prehistoric life with impressive accuracy.
Pro Tip 3/3No Human Records
'Prehistoric' signals a time before humans documented events, different from 'historical'.
Cave paintings offer a glimpse into prehistoric human life.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Prehistoric refers to a vast period before written records, not a specific event or short era.
The prehistoric age spans millions of years.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Depictions
Prehistoric themes are commonly portrayed in media, such as films about dinosaurs or early humans.
The movie depicts prehistoric life with impressive accuracy.
Pro Tip 3/3No Human Records
'Prehistoric' signals a time before humans documented events, different from 'historical'.
Cave paintings offer a glimpse into prehistoric human life.
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The coelacanth: A living...
acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed. So that's how this prehistoric fish helps explain the evolutionary movement of vertebrates from water to land. Over millions of years, that transition led to the spread of all four-limbed animals, called tetrapods,
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"Prehistoric" Shark Seen...
part of the deep Australia project an effort to discover the evolutionary origins of human sight the sixgill is often referred to as prehistoric because of its resemblance to sharks that lived hundreds of millions of years ago it's interesting to researchers because of
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
books as being the largest land predator on earth so this gargantuan skull must surely come from some prehistoric dinosaur a saber-toothed cat perhaps well actually this super giant is anything but extinct in fact they're increasing in number they're said to be
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Cave Art 101 PIPE National...
why cave art was made, or the meaning behind individual paintings, these works give us insight into the evolving minds of our prehistoric ancestors and the world in which they lived. By one view, cave artists were prehistoric naturalists.
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How a single-celled...
gave organisms the boost they needed to diversify and evolve more complex forms. Cyanobacteria had a part to play in that story, too. Hundreds of millions of years ago, some other prehistoric microbe swallowed a cyanobacterium whole
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Bed Bugs PIPE National...
dawn you're in the deepest sleep you'll be an all night and the bedbugs are ready to strike bedbugs once lived in caves and sucked the blood of bats and your prehistoric ancestors when we left our caves so did they they sneak in
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Plesiosaurs 101 PIPE...
- Sea monsters are considered to be mythical creatures at the center of tall tales. But science tells a story of real-life monsters lurking in Earth's prehistoric seas, monsters called plesiosaurs.
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Why humans run the world...
Seventy-thousand years ago, our ancestors were insignificant animals. The most important thing to know about prehistoric humans is that they were unimportant.
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Sea Monsters PIPE National...
unlike anything you've ever known a prehistoric world where the middle of North America lays submerged beneath the sea of strange creatures
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Is Humanity The Next...
releasing carbon dioxide at an even greater rate than the prehistoric mega eruptions that extinguished life in the past
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The coelacanth: A living...
acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed. So that's how this prehistoric fish helps explain the evolutionary movement of vertebrates from water to land. Over millions of years, that transition led to the spread of all four-limbed animals, called tetrapods,
Video examples
"Prehistoric" Shark Seen...
part of the deep Australia project an effort to discover the evolutionary origins of human sight the sixgill is often referred to as prehistoric because of its resemblance to sharks that lived hundreds of millions of years ago it's interesting to researchers because of
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
books as being the largest land predator on earth so this gargantuan skull must surely come from some prehistoric dinosaur a saber-toothed cat perhaps well actually this super giant is anything but extinct in fact they're increasing in number they're said to be
Video examples
Cave Art 101 PIPE National...
why cave art was made, or the meaning behind individual paintings, these works give us insight into the evolving minds of our prehistoric ancestors and the world in which they lived. By one view, cave artists were prehistoric naturalists.
Video examples
How a single-celled...
gave organisms the boost they needed to diversify and evolve more complex forms. Cyanobacteria had a part to play in that story, too. Hundreds of millions of years ago, some other prehistoric microbe swallowed a cyanobacterium whole
Video examples
Bed Bugs PIPE National...
dawn you're in the deepest sleep you'll be an all night and the bedbugs are ready to strike bedbugs once lived in caves and sucked the blood of bats and your prehistoric ancestors when we left our caves so did they they sneak in
Video examples
Plesiosaurs 101 PIPE...
- Sea monsters are considered to be mythical creatures at the center of tall tales. But science tells a story of real-life monsters lurking in Earth's prehistoric seas, monsters called plesiosaurs.
Video examples
Why humans run the world...
Seventy-thousand years ago, our ancestors were insignificant animals. The most important thing to know about prehistoric humans is that they were unimportant.
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Sea Monsters PIPE National...
unlike anything you've ever known a prehistoric world where the middle of North America lays submerged beneath the sea of strange creatures
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Is Humanity The Next...
releasing carbon dioxide at an even greater rate than the prehistoric mega eruptions that extinguished life in the past
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Quote examples
Robert Winston
British Scientist
In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all the predators that threatened them. Moreover, they were hampered in their movements by the need to protect their uniquely immature young - juicy meals for any hungry beast.
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James Adomian
American Comedian
Even a liberal city will have a prehistoric homophobe. After a show in Washington State, this guy came up to me and said, 'Your shows was a lot funnier before you started in on your agenda.' I told him, 'Please, please keep people like you from coming to my show. I'm glad you had a bad time.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
In ancient, prehistoric times, the temples of the spirit were outwardly visible, but today, when our life has become so unspiritual, they no longer exist where we can see them with our physical eyes. Yet spiritually they are still present everywhere, and whoever seeks can find them.
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Fred Ward
American Actor
It's like a prehistoric reflex, you know, going out and getting the meat and bringing it back to the cave. You feel you're supposed to make it better, but more than likely she's asking you to tell her how you feel.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
We live in this miraculous technological environment, and yet our human behaviour is still governed by basic impulses from prehistoric times.
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Keith Haring
American Artist
Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
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Sally Hawkins
English Actress
My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe's prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else.
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Carrie Coon
American Actress
There's something about Australia that feels prehistoric.
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Eduardo Galeano
Uruguayan Journalist
I am quite prehistoric, absolutely prehistoric.
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Robert Winston
British Scientist
In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all the predators that threatened them. Moreover, they were hampered in their movements by the need to protect their uniquely immature young - juicy meals for any hungry beast.
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James Adomian
American Comedian
Even a liberal city will have a prehistoric homophobe. After a show in Washington State, this guy came up to me and said, 'Your shows was a lot funnier before you started in on your agenda.' I told him, 'Please, please keep people like you from coming to my show. I'm glad you had a bad time.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
In ancient, prehistoric times, the temples of the spirit were outwardly visible, but today, when our life has become so unspiritual, they no longer exist where we can see them with our physical eyes. Yet spiritually they are still present everywhere, and whoever seeks can find them.
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Fred Ward
American Actor
It's like a prehistoric reflex, you know, going out and getting the meat and bringing it back to the cave. You feel you're supposed to make it better, but more than likely she's asking you to tell her how you feel.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
We live in this miraculous technological environment, and yet our human behaviour is still governed by basic impulses from prehistoric times.
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Keith Haring
American Artist
Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
Quote examples
Sally Hawkins
English Actress
My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe's prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else.
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Carrie Coon
American Actress
There's something about Australia that feels prehistoric.
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Eduardo Galeano
Uruguayan Journalist
I am quite prehistoric, absolutely prehistoric.
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