English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ante- + human
Adjective[edit]
antehuman (not comparable)
- Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
- Synonym: prehuman
- Quoted in 1892, Charles Bartlett Warring, Genesis 1 and Modern Science (page 11)
- I am sure that all will join in the wish that Professor Huxley would give an outline of what is known of the antehuman history of the globe.
