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prehistory - definition and meaning
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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noun history of human culture prior to written records .
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pre- + history .
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This work looked at periods in prehistory when the Sahara region was green – covered with grassland.
2009 April 21 | Serendipity 2009
This work looked at periods in prehistory when the Sahara region was green – covered with grassland.
2009 April | Serendipity 2009
This work looked at periods in prehistory when the Sahara region was green – covered with grassland.
Liveblogging the EGU – day 2 | Serendipity 2009
A socialistic parable set in prehistory , "The Strength of the Strong" (Hampton's Magazine, March, 1911), was composed in January, 1909, in Tasmania.
“Some day, all the fools will be dead....” 2008
Born and raised amongst the rich geological history of Ontario, Canada, Laura has held a lifelong interest in prehistory and how past peoples adapted to their environments.
Ice Stories Peggy 2008
Born and raised amongst the rich geological history of Ontario, Canada, Laura has held a lifelong interest in prehistory and how past peoples adapted to their environments.
Archive 2008-07-01 Peggy 2008
There is a chapter on “Democracy Before America” with a helpful timeline that begins in prehistory with the first two-party system formed by the hunters and the gatherers.
America! America! « So Many Books 2004
If you have the slightest interest in prehistory and the development of mankind on a global stage, this is the book for you.
Reader reviews of Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond. 1997
"My father was a student of what he called prehistory , but nothing to base it on except artifacts from the ancient ruins on the old civilization and the folk tales of the blacks.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004
While shorter, with fewer stories than, say, The Living Dead — this is 20 stories to TLD’s 34 — this is also an assemblage of new stories that follow the walking dead all through the ages, beginning in prehistory and taking us up to the time of Thomas Edison.
Book Review – History is Dead: A Zombie Anthology 2009
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