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
• 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
• D’Apollonio works improvisationally and is inspired by neolithic sculpture.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 30 July 2021

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024