Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools.
- noun Slang An extremely backward or primitive era or state.
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- proper noun archaeology A broad
prehistoric period during which humans widely usedstone fortoolmaking . - proper noun figuratively, informal Any extremely
primitive orundeveloped era . - proper noun figuratively The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements
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Examples
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I was to live with a people who, the scientists stated, represented the earliest form of human life, living in what is known as the Stone Age, and I was to revert to that stage of life by leaps and bounds, and to emerge from it by the same sudden means.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A. Henson 1888
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Queens of the Stone Age are a hard rock band from Palm Desert, California.
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It is this capability of shaping tools that led to the beginning of Stone Age and subsequently to the Bronze Age, Iron Age and ultimately, our modern day life.
Dr. Mariappan Jawaharlal: Turning Dreams into Reality -- Inspire Your Children to Imagine Dr. Mariappan Jawaharlal 2011
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It is this capability of shaping tools that led to the beginning of Stone Age and subsequently to the Bronze Age, Iron Age and ultimately, our modern day life.
Dr. Mariappan Jawaharlal: Turning Dreams into Reality -- Inspire Your Children to Imagine Dr. Mariappan Jawaharlal 2011
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Ever since man began to worship, perhaps as far back as the Stone Age, incense burning has been used to cleanse negative energy from the atmosphere.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Ever since man began to worship, perhaps as far back as the Stone Age, incense burning has been used to cleanse negative energy from the atmosphere.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Ever since man began to worship, perhaps as far back as the Stone Age, incense burning has been used to cleanse negative energy from the atmosphere.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Within Sudan is a dizzying collection of almost 600 often feuding tribes speaking 400 different languages spread over a vast area: northern, Arabic-speaking Muslims and Nubians; ferocious Beja from the Red Sea Coast "Fuzzy-Wuzzies" to the British; wild Bagarra nomads from Darfur; and Stone Age tribes from the upper Nile.
Eric Margolis: Sudan Faces an Earthquake Eric Margolis 2011
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American conservatives want to bomb us back to the Stone Age and some of the liberals think that this is all a figment of our imagination.
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Well, the Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones and the fossil fuel age shouldn't end when we run out of fossil fuels.
It's Time To Modernize Our Energy Practices Alan Salzman 2010
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