How to Use neolithic in a Sentence

neolithic

adjective

• Social media’s neolithic age is simply giving way to the next era, and the old dinosaurs are sinking in tar.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
• Some of the first vaulted ceilings can be traced back to a neolithic village in Crete, built roughly seven thousand years ago.
  — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 2 July 2020
• The picture has become neolithic stone, a talisman with the aura of the everyday.
  — Vulture, 9 Sep. 2022
• And archaeologists have proven through tests that there are plenty of possible techniques open to peoples of the neolithic to do just that.
  — Fox News, 14 May 2018
• Cliffs riddled with thousands of neolithic caves, some still used as homes or animal sheds, some once used as churches, hover above.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• For a disease that affected even our neolithic ancestors, the world had to wait until 2021 for the first-ever malaria vaccine.
  — Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2022
• Stonehenge, the neolithic-era site in England, is typically closed to the public but is opened annually for the Solstice.
  — Caroline Simon, USA TODAY, 21 June 2018
• Among them are jaw-dropping images of the second smallest planet in the solar system, a comet passing over neolithic monument Stonehenge, and the path of the full moon over Paris at night during one of the city's lockdowns.
  — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 1 July 2021
• There are caves and stone towers that bear traces of inhabitance from neolithic times, as well as the visible legacy of its booming medieval olive oil trade in the terraced farmlands that spill down the tumbling rock faces.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2023
• The circle will continue to be studied and could offer new insights into the neolithic way of life, perhaps even demystifying a few of the secrets around how Stonehenge was built.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2020
• Whereas animals might migrate, seeking more hospitable habitats, a Norman church, Roman villa or neolithic stone circle cannot move.
  — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
• The first is basic astronomy: Simply put, Stonehenge’s neolithic architects would have no way of precisely accounting for the subtle change in the sun’s daily position (which accounts to one-tenth of a degree) using massive stones.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
• Beauty Mark App Works of art Scientists have determined some of the world's oldest neolithic cave art was actually done by cavewomen, not cavemen as previously assumed.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 10 Oct. 2013
• Some estimates have humans observing solstices as early as the Stone Age (~2.5 million years ago) while others posit that neolithic humans used the summer solstice as an indicator for planting and harvesting crops.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020
• For years, archaeologists have explored the possible purposes of the neolithic monument known as Stonehenge.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
• Stonehenge, an ancient neolithic monument located on the Salisbury Plain in England, is one of the biggest mysteries in archaeology.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
• D’Apollonio works improvisationally and is inspired by neolithic sculpture.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 30 July 2021