Stone Age

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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.

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Origin of Stone Age

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby Stone Age

stomp, stomper, stompie, -stomy, stone, Stone Age, stone axe, stone bass, stone-blind, stoneboat, stone boiling

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How to use Stone Age in a sentence

Then he says, “Fortunately, that was back in the Stone Age.”
The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70|Peter Richmond|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The average person is now 20 times less likely to die a violent death than a human in the Stone Age.
War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the percentage of humans who died a violent death continued to drop from the Stone Age rate of 10 to 15 percent.
War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The result is food that often is out of sync with our ancient Stone Age biology and dizzyingly technical and complex.
Our Unsafe Food Supply Is Killing Us|Melanie Warner|March 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It is the wars of choice that have decimated entire countries, destroying infrastructure and sending them back to the Stone Age.
Stability Over Freedom|Yousef Munayyer|September 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A huge float comes along, depicting the stone age and the primitive man, every detail carefully studied from the museums.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
It jutted forth, white and mysterious—a monstrous tenting-ground left over from the Stone Age.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
He had expected words—primitive words, perhaps resembling the click-speech of Earth's stone-age survivals, but words of some sort.
The Stars, My Brothers|Edmond Hamilton
The skulls show that in the Late Stone Age the human brain was fully developed and that the racial types were fixed.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
Mars looked as remote and changeless as it must have looked in the Stone Age.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for Stone Age

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

adjective Stone-Age

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

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Scientific definitions for Stone Age

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.

Cultural definitions for Stone Age

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.