SINCE 1828
the Stone Age
nounDefinition of the Stone Age
: the oldest period in which human beings are known to have existed : the age during which humans made and used stone tools
—often used figuratively to suggest something outmoded His political ideas are from the Stone Age.I'm still using a Stone Age computer.
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