antehuman

== English == === Etymology === From ante- +‎ human. === Adjective === 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.