prehistoric life
Fossils once alive
Prehistoric life refers to organisms that existed before written human records—roughly before 3000 BCE.
The term encompasses everything from single-celled organisms billions of years ago through dinosaurs to early humans.
The museum's prehistoric life exhibit featured a complete T. rex skeleton.
In casual use, prehistoric can humorously describe anything outdated: His views on technology are prehistoric.
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- CambrianEarliest Paleozoic period
- paleoartImagery of vanished species
- TrilobiteExtinct marine arthropod
- woolly mammothExtinct hairy elephant species
Dimetrodon · paleontology · natural history · Amber · fossils · petrified wood · Archaeopteryx · mass extinction · Extinction event · Jurassic · fossil record · geological time · Devonian · pterodactyl · Silurian · stratigraphy · epoch · sediment
- natural history museumfossils, dinosaurs, specimens, taxidermy, gemstones
- natural history museumsdioramas, taxidermy, specimens, exhibits, displays
- Amber Inclusionsinclusions, insects, ants, beetles, flies
- animal historydinosaurs, mammoths, extinction, fossils, Jurassic period
- paleosciencespaleontology, paleobiology, paleobotany, paleoclimatology, paleoecology
- Australian fossilsthunder bird
existence status
prehistoric lifeliving organisms