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Chivalry Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
When you speak of things "prehistoric"
do you mean that those things have been existent since the ancient times and are still existent up until today?
Or just things that have ONCE existed before the history of mankind started to have record?
I used to think it was the latter until I read lots of materials which suggest the former.
Or just things that have ONCE existed before the history of mankind started to have record?
I used to think it was the latter until I read lots of materials which suggest the former.
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As far as I know it can be either and is heavily dependent on the context.
- As far as I know it can be either and is heavily dependent on the context.
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As far as I know it can be either and is heavily dependent on the context.
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Prehistoric means before the written word (Collins); compare prehistory: before history. Ancient is usually after the written word, but can be used to describe something that existed in prehistory: "Wow, these dinosaur bones are ancient!"
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