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: the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools compare mesolithic, neolithic, paleolithic
2
: a stage in a human institution or field of endeavor regarded as primitive, outmoded, or obsolete
the Stone Age of information handling before computers
1
: of, relating to, or resembling the culture of the Stone Age especially in the use of stone implements
modern Stone Age peoples
our Stone Age ancestors
2
: primitive, outmoded, or unsophisticated (as in ideas or technology) by currently accepted standards
marauding mercenaries with Stone Age political ideas—
Robert Moss
Robert Mossusing a Stone Age camera
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Adjective
Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children.
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Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Modern societies are as susceptible as Stone Age tribes to mass delusions and psychosis.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Sep. 2024
Nevertheless, archaeologists have accumulated evidence that Middle Stone Age humans in east Africa and Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals in Germany used fire to manipulate vegetation in their surrounding environments more than 90,000 years ago.
—Christopher Roos, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
Shark teeth have been found in caves in Norway, left over from Stone Age meals.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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There’s even evidence that Stone Age man ate something akin to waffles.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Modern societies are as susceptible as Stone Age tribes to mass delusions and psychosis.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Sep. 2024
Nevertheless, archaeologists have accumulated evidence that Middle Stone Age humans in east Africa and Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals in Germany used fire to manipulate vegetation in their surrounding environments more than 90,000 years ago.
—Christopher Roos, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
Shark teeth have been found in caves in Norway, left over from Stone Age meals.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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“Stone Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Stone%20Age. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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