Synonyms and antonyms of The time before history was written down in British Thesaurus

ammonite (noun)

a fossil of an ancient type of mollusc (=sea animal with a soft body and a hard shell)

Carboniferous (adjective)

relating to the time about 350 million years ago when decaying forests began to form coal underground

caveman (noun)

one of the people who lived thousands of years ago mainly in caves

the Cretaceous (noun)

the period from about 144 to 65 million years ago when rock containing chalk was formed

Cro-Magnon man (noun)

a member of an ancient people who lived in Europe from 30,000 to 50,000 years ago

the Dreamtime ()

the ancient time when the Earth and the first people were created, according to some Australian Aborigines

era (noun)

science one of the very long periods that prehistoric time is divided into

fossil (noun)

an animal or plant, or a part of one, that lived many thousands of years ago and is preserved in rock or as a piece of rock

fossilization (noun)

biology the process by which organisms become fossils

fossilization (noun)

biology the process by which organisms become fossils

fossilize (verb)

to become a fossil by being preserved in rock for thousands or millions of years, or to preserve something in this way

fossilized (adjective)

preserved in rock or as rock

glacial (adjective)

created by glaciers millions of years ago

hominid (noun)

a human, or an ancient creature from which humans developed

Homo erectus (noun)

an ancient creature from which humans developed that was able to walk upright

Ice Age (noun)

a period of time thousands of years ago when large areas of the Earth were covered in ice

Jurassic (adjective)

relating to the time about 175 million years ago when dinosaurs lived

the missing link (noun)

an early human believed to have existed long ago that was half ape and half human

Neanderthal (noun)

a member of an ancient people who lived in Europe from 35,000 to 130,000 years ago

Neanderthal man (noun)

a member of the Neanderthal people

Neolithic (adjective)

the Neolithic period of history began around 10,000 bc, when humans began to make stone tools, grow their food, and live in permanent communities

Palaeolithic (adjective)

relating to the time when humans first started to make tools out of stone

palaeontology (noun)

the study of the history of the Earth using fossils (=ancient plants, bones, shells etc preserved in rocks)

paleontology ()

the American spelling of palaeontology

prehistoric (adjective)

relating to the period of time before history was first written down

prehistory (noun)

the period of time before written history, or the study of this period

primaeval ()

another spelling of primeval

primeval (adjective)

relating to the period when the universe or the Earth first began to exist

primitive (adjective)

relating to a very early stage in the development of humans, animals, or plants

primordial (adjective)

formed when the Earth or universe began

troglodyte (noun)

someone who lived in a cave thousands of years ago