Precursor or Precursors may refer to: *

Precursor (religion) In religion, a precursor, also known as forerunner, predecessor, harbinger or herald, is a holy person who announced the approaching appearance of a central figure of the religion or who identified a central figure of the religion during the latter ...

, a forerunner, predecessor ** The Precursor,

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

Science and technology

* Precursor (bird), hypothesized genus of fossil birds that was composed of fossilized parts of unrelated animals *

Precursor (chemistry) In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in a chemical reaction that produces another compound. In biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organism ...

, compound that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound *

Precursor (physics) Precursors are characteristic wave patterns caused by dispersion of an impulse's frequency components as it propagates through a medium. Classically, precursors precede the main signal, although in certain situations they may also follow it. Precu ...

, phenomenon of wave patterns caused by the dispersion of an impulse's frequency components as it propagates through a medium * Precursor in the

course Course may refer to: Directions or navigation * Course (navigation), the path of travel * Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and corresponding ...

of a disease, the state preceding a particular stage in that course *

Precursor cell In cell biology, precursor cells—also called blast cells—are partially differentiated, or intermediate, and are sometimes referred to as progenitor cells. A precursor cell is a stem cell with the capacity to differentiate into only one cell ...

(biology), a unipotent stem cell * Earthquake precursor, phenomenon that occurs before an earthquake and allegedly -though, so far, not demonstrably- can predict the earthquake *

Gehrlein Precursor The Gehrlein Precursor is an American, high-wing, single seat glider designed by Larry Gehrlein in 1965 and assembled from Schweizer Aircraft parts.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 28 and 43. Soaring Society o ...

, a glider *

LNWR Precursor Class (disambiguation) The London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. Dubbed the "Prem ...

, classes of passenger locomotives developed for the London and North Western Railway

Fiction

* Precursor race, aνy hypothetical alien civilization, in science fiction, fantasy, or horror fiction, which supposedly inhabited the Earth before the earliest human civilizations *Precursors in the ''Halo'' series, extremely advanced race that preceded and were destroyed by The Forerunners * ''Precursor'', novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe (1999) *Precursors, fictional race (said to now be extinct) of ancient beings in the board game ''

Cosmic Encounter ''Cosmic Encounter'' is a science fiction–themed strategy board game designed by "Future Pastimes" (collectively, Peter Olotka, Jack Kittredge and Bill Eberle, with Bill Norton) and originally published by Eon Games in 1977. In it, each playe ...

'' *Precursors, fictional alien race in the ''

Star Control ''Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume IV'' is an action-strategy video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade. It was originally released for MS-DOS and Amiga in 1990, followed by ports for the Sega Gene ...

'' video game series *Precursors, fictional race of ancient beings in the ''

Jak and Daxter ''Jak and Daxter'' is a platform video game franchise created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series was originally developed by Naughty Dog with a number of installments being outsourced to Re ...

'' video game series *Precursors, fictional alien race in the video game '' Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords'' *Precursors, fictional alien race, said to now be almost extinct, which supposedly created humanity in the ''

Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is a historical fiction, historical action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil (game engine), Anvil and its m ...

'' video game series *Precursors, fictional and extremely advanced alien race in the video game ''

Subnautica ''Subnautica'' is a 2018 action-adventure survival game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The player controls Ryley Robinson, a survivor of a spaceship crash on an alien oceanic planet, which they are free to explore. The ...

''. *Precursors, fictional, evil alien race that created the

Kaiju is a Japanese term that is commonly associated with media involving giant monsters. Its widespread contemporary use is credited to ''tokusatsu'' (special effects) director Eiji Tsuburaya and filmmaker Ishirō Honda, who popularized the ''kaiju'' ...

in the movie ''

Pacific Rim The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The '' Pacific Basin'' includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geological Pacific Ring of Fire. List ...

'' and its sequel '' Pacific Rim: Uprising''

Other uses

Precursors of film Precursors of film are concepts and devices that have much in common with the later art and techniques of cinema. Precursors of film are often referred to as precinema, or 'pre-cinema'. Terms like these are disliked by several historians, partly ...

The Precursors (video game) ''The Precursors'' is a 2009 First-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by Ukrainian game studio Deep Shadows. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Windows in Russia on 4 December 2009. It was then released worldwide throu ...

, a video game from Kyiv-based developer Deep Shadows {{disambig