The pioneer hypothesis allows for tools to predate by centuries rather than millennia.

The four Pueblo names likely predated the Spanish entrada by several centuries.

The concept of plagiarism, as the theft of ideas, predates the digital age by centuries, 'plagiary' having been used in the early 17th century.

Oddly enough, although the Palace predated these mansions by centuries, these places seemed older.

The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries.

His original source may have predated him by several centuries.

Although his true age is unknown, he claims to be ancient, so old that he predates the founding of Christianity by centuries.

The Muslims assert that their presence in the area predates the British arrival by several centuries.

And one final name, attached to a date so old it predated the esper underground by centuries.

The town of Mylapore predates British rule by several centuries.