古人

gǔrén
  1. people of ancient times
  2. the ancients
  3. extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis
  4. (literary) deceased person

CEDICT

literary

Entry Composition

1 古 gǔ
  1. ancient
  2. old
  3. paleo-
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位