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• s  belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
  prehistoric settlements
  prehistoric peoples
• a  of or relating to times before written history
  prehistoric archeology
• s  no longer fashionable
  my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes

• When American schoolboys learn about prehistoric cave paintings, they are usually taught about the ones at Altamira, Spain.
• The prehistoric entrance, level with the cave floor, could be seen where it was blocked by an ancient collapse of the cliff.
• For more than 16,000 years, the prehistoric paintings in France's famed Lascaux Cave survived in splendid isolation.

• prehistorical

News & Articles

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• Blooms of days gone by: Ditch lilies return year after year
  Every year, about this time, a prehistoric mystery blossoms along the highways and long-forgotten homesteads of the Cape Fear region. Those dingy orange-brown flowers that seem to rise and fade in a day weren't put there by the state highway department.
  June 15, 2013 - The Fayetteville Observer
• 'Discover the Dinosaurs' With Your Kids
  Take a step back into prehistoric times this weekend at the Reno Events Center.
  June 14, 2013 - KOLO 8 Reno
• Cave Art Shows Prehistoric Southern Living: Photos
  The oldest and most widespread collection of U.S. prehistoric cave and rock art has been found in and around Tennessee.
  June 10, 2013 - Discovery News

Quotes

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• Anna Bligh in AFP
  These discoveries are a major breakthrough in the scientific understanding of prehistoric life in Australia,said state premier Anna Bligh, as she announced the find in Winton.
• Johnny Hart in International Herald Tribune
  Caveman gags, for reasons which I still cannot explain, were an obsession in those days,Hart told Creators. "One day, a friend jokingly suggested I create a strip revolving around prehistoric times."
• Rafael Benitez in Sportinglife.com
  And Benitez said: "Somebody told me about these comments. We knew he was bad as a manager, prehistoric, but we didn't know he was a person like this. I will talk with my lawyers but we don't need to waste time with him."