prehistorynoun [ U ]
uk/priːˈhɪs.tər.i/us/priːˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/the period of human history before there were written records of events:
Human prehistory is divided into three successive periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age.
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Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- mesolithic
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- prehistoric
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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