Old Stone Age
Americannoun
noun
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It aims for the encyclopedic, “from cave paintings of the Old Stone Age to the latest video art.”
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
They are words in Yoruba, a widely spoken West African language that has its roots in the Old Stone Age.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2015
The earlier and longer part of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Age, lasted from about 2.5 million to 8000 B.C.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
For tens of thousands of years, men and women of the Old Stone Age were nomads.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
They therefore continue the transformation of animals into gods that began in the Old Stone Age.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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