单词 | palanthropic |
释义 | † palanthropicadj.n. Cultural Anthropology. Obsolete. rare. In the terminology of J. W. Dawson: designating the earlier of the two periods into which the anthropic period is divided. Also as n. (in form Palanthropic, with the): the palanthropic period. Cf. neanthropic adj. 1. ΚΠ 1894 J. W. Dawson Meeting-place Geol. & Hist. i. 17 The modern, or anthropic [period], is..divisible into two sections—the early modern, or palanthropic, sometimes called quaternary, or post-glacial, and which may coincide with the antediluvian period of human history; and the neanthropic, extending onward to the present time. [Note] I have preferred..to call the earlier races of men palaeocosmic and the later neocosmic,..while the periods to which they belong are respectively the Palanthropic and Neanthropic. 1895 J. W. Dawson in Science 24 May 575/2 Delitsch and others have been misled by their want of knowledge of the condition of the district in the earliest human (Palanthropic) age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1894 |
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