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Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.
- Prehistory (Disambiguation)
Prehistory is the time before recorded human history.....
- Hominins
The Hominini form a taxonomic tribe of the subfamily...
- Timeline of Prehistory
Timeline of prehistory. This timeline of prehistory covers...
- Prehistoric religion
Prehistoric religion is the religious practice of...
- Prehistoric Egypt
Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt is the period of...
- Prehistory (Disambiguation)
Prehistory (or pre-history) is the time before people began to write. The word comes from the Ancient Greek words προ ( pre = "before") and ιστορία ( historia = "history"). Paul Tournal first used the French word Préhistorique. He found things made by humans more than ten thousand years ago in some caves in France.
Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period before written history became available to assist our understanding of the past. The term was introduced into English by Daniel Wilson (1816–1892), President of Toronto University College, in 1851.
Scholars define prehistory as events that occurred before the existence of written records in a given culture or society. History refers to the time period after the invention of written records in a given culture or society. Archaeologists have discovered written records in Egypt from as early as 3200 BCE, which is the accepted date at which ...
