pre-Adamite

[ pree-ad-uh-mahyt ]

/ priˈæd əˌmaɪt /

a person supposed to have existed before Adam.

a person who believes that there were people in existence before Adam.

Also pre-A·dam·ic

[pre-uh-dam-ik] /ˌprɛ əˈdæm ɪk/. existing before Adam.

of or relating to the pre-Adamites.

Origin of pre-Adamite

First recorded in 1655–65; pre- + Adam + -ite¹

It is not yet decided whether they belong to the pre-Raphaelite or the pre-Adamite period.

Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 35, November 26, 1870 |Various
Among the wonders of the world, the bone caves of the pre-Adamite period deserve a prominent place.

Ten Thousand Wonderful Things |Edmund Fillingham King
Such insight is extraordinary enough in the pre-Adamite epoch; but even more remarkable are his psychological foundations.

Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham |Harold J. Laski
That the history of the earth may be divided in this way into distinct periods, all pre-Adamite.

The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science |John William Dawson

All my impressions of them are summed in the epithet, often repeated, pre-Adamite.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 |Various