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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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Examples of Stone Age in a Sentence
Adjective
Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children.
Recent Examples on the WebBig Think, 24 June 2024
Scholars have puzzled over the moai on Easter Island for decades, pondering their cultural significance, as well as how a Stone Age culture managed to carve and transport statues weighing as much as 92 tons.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
These social habits seem to extend back to Stone Age H. sapiens.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Still mostly known for Wallace & Gromit (and maybe now Shaun the Sheep), the stop-motion masters have made other films too, including this 2018 release about a tribe of Stone Age people facing off against the future really when bronze-using invaders challenge them to a game of football.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 June 2024
Marking one of the most significant mammoth fossil finds in over a century in Austria, according to the Austrian Archeological Institute, researchers believe the prehistoric Stone Age bones belonged to at least three different mammoths.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco.
Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
The approach may open new avenues of inquiry for scientists hoping to assess the capabilities of our Stone Age ancestors, said Alex Mackay, an archaeologist at the University of Wollongong in Australia who wasn’t affiliated with the research.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Archaeologists also found five Stone Age workshops where different types of rock were shaped into tools, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
Life Tornado detection: bringing Stone Age tech into the 21st century
Technology designed to listen for atomic bombs can also hear tornadoes.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Scholars have puzzled over the moai on Easter Island for decades, pondering their cultural significance, as well as how a Stone Age culture managed to carve and transport statues weighing as much as 92 tons.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
These social habits seem to extend back to Stone Age H. sapiens.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Still mostly known for Wallace & Gromit (and maybe now Shaun the Sheep), the stop-motion masters have made other films too, including this 2018 release about a tribe of Stone Age people facing off against the future really when bronze-using invaders challenge them to a game of football.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 June 2024
Marking one of the most significant mammoth fossil finds in over a century in Austria, according to the Austrian Archeological Institute, researchers believe the prehistoric Stone Age bones belonged to at least three different mammoths.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco.
Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
The approach may open new avenues of inquiry for scientists hoping to assess the capabilities of our Stone Age ancestors, said Alex Mackay, an archaeologist at the University of Wollongong in Australia who wasn’t affiliated with the research.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Archaeologists also found five Stone Age workshops where different types of rock were shaped into tools, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
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