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antecessor
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n. (context obsolete English) predecessor
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antecessor \An`te*ces"sor\, n. [L., fr. antecedere, antecessum. See Antecede , Ancestor .] One who goes before; a predecessor. The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices. --Sir E. Sandys. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Obs.]
Usage examples of antecessor.
Then came (among many others) Homo ergaster, Homo louisleakeyi, Homo rudolfensis, Homo microcranus, and Homo antecessor, as well as a raft of australopithecines: A.
In between, and depending on which opinions you value, there have been half a dozen other Homo species: Homo ergaster, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo erectus, and Homo antecessor.