1
: the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools compare mesolithic, neolithic, paleolithic
2
: a stage in a human institution or field of endeavor regarded as primitive, outmoded, or obsolete
the Stone Age of information handling before computers
1
: of, relating to, or resembling the culture of the Stone Age especially in the use of stone implements
modern Stone Age peoples
our Stone Age ancestors
2
: primitive, outmoded, or unsophisticated (as in ideas or technology) by currently accepted standards
marauding mercenaries with Stone Age political ideas—
Robert Moss
Robert Mossusing a Stone Age camera
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Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 27 May 2025
All lines came back to one point — a single person living close to the Black Sea as many as 9,000 years ago, which includes the early Stone Age and the Viking Age, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
As for the bucolic scenes: for all their technical prowess, those were actually rooted in the digital Stone Age.
—Vogue, 6 May 2025
The stones appeared at the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, site of Vasagård approximately 4,900 years ago, at around the same time as a devastating volcanic winter in Northern Europe.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Scholars believe Stonehenge may have been used as a calendar in the New Stone Age.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 27 May 2025
All lines came back to one point — a single person living close to the Black Sea as many as 9,000 years ago, which includes the early Stone Age and the Viking Age, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
As for the bucolic scenes: for all their technical prowess, those were actually rooted in the digital Stone Age.
—Vogue, 6 May 2025
The stones appeared at the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, site of Vasagård approximately 4,900 years ago, at around the same time as a devastating volcanic winter in Northern Europe.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Stone Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Stone%20Age. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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