primaladjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈpraɪ.məl/us/ˈpraɪ.məl/relating to the time when human life on earth began:
The universe evolved from a densely packed primal inferno.
formal basic and relating to an early stage of development:
a primal urge to connect with nature
primal fears
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Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- mesolithic
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- prehistoric
- prehistory
- primaeval
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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