protohumanPronunciation: /ˈprəʊtəʊˈhjuːmən/ AnthropologyDefinition of protohuman noun a hypothetical prehistoric primate, resembling humans and thought to be their ancestor, whose profile has been compiled mainly from fossil evidence. adjective relating to or denoting a protohuman: protohuman hominids this primitive hunter-gatherer society was certainly protohumanprotohuman in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of protohuman in the US English dictionary