pre-dates
Came before historically
Pre-dates means to exist or occur before something else in time: The tradition pre-dates written records.
It can also mean to assign an earlier date to something than is accurate: He pre-dated the check by a week.
Often written without the hyphen as predates.
Comes before temporally
- predatesOccurs earlier than
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- predecessorsThose coming before another
- forerunnersThose preceding others
precursors · origins · antiquity · primordial · ancient · prehistoric · chronology · timeline
Preserved ancient organism traces
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
dinosaurs · mammoths · stratigraphy · geology · stone-age · excavation · sediment · relics
precedes
Comes before temporally
- predatesOccurs earlier than
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- predecessorsThose coming before another
forerunners · precursors · origins · antiquity · primordial · ancient · prehistoric · chronology · timeline · earlier
fossils
Preserved ancient organism traces
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
paleolithic · dinosaurs · mammoths · stratigraphy · geology · stone-age · excavation · sediment · relics · ruins
pre-datespost-dates
Occurs later than
follows · comes after · succeeds · supersedes · trails
pre-date, pre-dated, pre-dating, date, dates, dated, dating, dater, dateable