prehistorically
In primeval times
In a manner relating to the time before written records, or more loosely, to any very distant past.
Prehistorically, humans lived in small nomadic bands.
Often used with humorous exaggeration: That computer is prehistorically slow.
Existing from the start
- antediluvianExtremely old or obsolete
- immemorialToo old to recall
- ancientVery old indeed
- primevalFrom earliest times
primal · earliest · dawn of time · eons ago · remote past · time immemorial · antiquity · aeons
Earliest archaeological era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- HoloceneCurrent geological epoch
Ice Age · Jurassic · Cretaceous · Triassic · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Cambrian · Devonian
Subsistence through wild resources
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- tribalOf a clan
- toolmakingCreating implements for work
flintknapping · handaxe · spearheads · cave dwelling · shamanism · ritual · hearth · pottery
Extinct prehistoric reptiles
- trilobiteExtinct segmented marine arthropod
- ammoniteExtinct spiral-shelled cephalopod
- mastodonExtinct elephantine Pleistocene mammal
- mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
megafauna · sabertooth · pterosaur · ichthyosaur · plesiosaur · amber · petrified · paleontology
Extinct European hominins
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
- Homo sapiensScientific name for humans
- DenisovansExtinct hominin species
Cro-Magnon · Lucy · hominins · bipedalism · early humans · Homo heidelbergensis · cranial capacity · migration
Paleolithic painted cavern
- AltamiraSpanish cave with paintings
- cave paintingsPrehistoric artwork on stone
- petroglyphsCarvings on natural stone
- pictographsSymbols depicting concepts visually
ochre · handprints · symbolic · engravings · rock art · pigments · charcoal drawings · hunting scenes
primordial
Existing from the start
- antediluvianExtremely old or obsolete
- immemorialToo old to recall
- ancientVery old indeed
primeval · primal · earliest · dawn of time · eons ago · remote past · time immemorial · antiquity · aeons · unrecorded
Paleolithic
Earliest archaeological era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
Holocene · Ice Age · Jurassic · Cretaceous · Triassic · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Cambrian · Devonian · Carboniferous
hunter-gatherers
Subsistence through wild resources
toolmaking · flintknapping · handaxe · spearheads · cave dwelling · shamanism · ritual · hearth · pottery · megaliths
dinosaurs
Extinct prehistoric reptiles
- trilobiteExtinct segmented marine arthropod
- ammoniteExtinct spiral-shelled cephalopod
- mastodonExtinct elephantine Pleistocene mammal
mammoth · megafauna · sabertooth · pterosaur · ichthyosaur · plesiosaur · amber · petrified · paleontology · carbon-dating
Neanderthals
Extinct European hominins
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
- Homo sapiensScientific name for humans
Denisovans · Cro-Magnon · Lucy · hominins · bipedalism · early humans · Homo heidelbergensis · cranial capacity · migration · Out of Africa
Lascaux
Paleolithic painted cavern
- AltamiraSpanish cave with paintings
- cave paintingsPrehistoric artwork on stone
- petroglyphsCarvings on natural stone
pictographs · ochre · handprints · symbolic · engravings · rock art · pigments · charcoal drawings · hunting scenes · ceremonial
prehistoricallyhistorically
In past times
modernly · contemporarily · recently · currently · presently