Stone Age

noun

the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods.

Stone Age

noun

a period in human culture identified by the use of stone implements and usually divided into the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic stages

(sometimes not capitals) of or relating to this period
stone-age man

Stone Age

The earliest known period of human culture, marked by the use of stone tools.
See Mesolithic Neolithic Paleolithic See Note at Three Age system

Stone Age

A period encompassing all of human history, perhaps several million years, before the Bronze Age. In the Stone Age, people learned to make and use stone tools and weapons.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Stone Age¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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Also, while experimental rapper Jpegmafia will still open, Queens of the Stone Age have dropped off the bill.

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"It is barbaric that we have returned to the Stone Age."

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Oliver at first thought he would be starting a new life in the Stone Age, but 22 years later he is about to take on the management of the caverns himself.

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“We still have the same cravings we had in the Stone Age, but they’re not helpful now.”

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But human culture has become vastly more sophisticated, from the Stone Age to the Space Age, as new advances have been incorporated.

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stone stone axe

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