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antecessor
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antecessor
Antecessor \An`te*ces"sor\, n. [L., fr. antecedere, antecessum. See Antecede, Ancestor.]
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One who goes before; a predecessor.
The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices.
--Sir E. Sandys. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
antecessor
n. (context obsolete English) predecessor
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.