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protohuman

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pro·to·hu·man  (prt-hymn)
adj.
Of or relating to various extinct hominids or other primates that resemble modern humans.
n.
A protohuman primate.
protohuman [ˌprəʊtəʊˈhjuːmən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various prehistoric primates that resembled modern man
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of or relating to any of these primates
protohuman  (prt-hymn)
Any of various extinct hominids or other extinct primates that were primitive predecessors or ancestors of humans.
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15) Although 'The Grisly Folk' was written in 1921, the idea it expresses of the replacement of one form of protohuman with another has its counterpart in the fiction of the 1890s.
Primitive modernity: H. G. Wells and the prehistoric man of the 1890s by Pearson, Richard / Yearbook of English Studies
Scattered about on the floor were a dozen purple-stained sculptures made from sacks of the same fabric stuffed with sand, resembling child-size protohuman figures and bearing similar drawings on their surfaces.
Cabelo. (Reviews: Rio De Janeiro) by Pedrosa, Adriano / Artforum International
From this protohuman vantage point, he then proposes three phases of hominid evolution, ending with modern homo sapiens about 40,000 years ago.
Evolution of Sickness and Healing by Risse, Guenter B. / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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