prehistoric time

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prehistoric
adjective
uk
/ˌpriː.hɪˈstɒr.ɪk/us
/ˌpriː.hɪˈstɔːr.ɪk/
describing the period before there were ...
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time
noun
uk
/taɪm/us
/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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It was a trade treasure used by the inhabitants of theprehistorictime.
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There are some graves and other remnants left from thisprehistorictime.
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In that area a current of lava was spilled inprehistorictime.
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Suitable living conditions attracted people to stay there for long periods ofprehistorictime.
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This method of hunting started inprehistorictime, and continued into the early part of the 20th century.
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However, in prehistoric times there were also naturalistic events that led to the selection of highly advanced, cognitive, social, and emotional skills that were not necessarily organized around threat.
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The lifetime incidence of about 1% is high for a clearly pathological trait, but the condition typically begins several years after reproduction would have commenced in prehistoric times.
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I suspect it is a residue from prehistoric times.
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He also told us that we were living in prehistoric times.
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If it were otherwise, we might just as well go back to prehistoric times.
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In prehistoric times a man's club was his instrument of domestic discipline.
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The region is replete with history, which dates back to prehistoric times.
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There is a dangerous assumption that if something has survived from prehistoric times it will continue to survive and a few centuries more or less will have no effect.
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We cannot accept a purely predatory attitude as if we were still living in prehistoric times but hunting with twenty-first century technology.
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There is evidence that seals have been hunted since prehistoric times for their oil and fats, and more recently particularly for their skins.
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I have never heard of anyone chasing game with a spear, unless it was in prehistoric times.
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Beekeeping has been an important component of the economy since prehistoric times, that is to say since before the inception of written history.
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Objects found on the site suggest it was inhabited in prehistoric times.
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The activities of megalithic cultures in the region dates back to prehistoric times.
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In prehistoric times the species seems to have been more widespread.
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