How to Use the Stone Age in a Sentence

the Stone Age

noun
  • Contrary to its name, the Stone Age wasn’t just about stone.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • It’s been a dietary staple in many cultures for decades, and its use dates back to the Stone Age.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
  • There are also what may be a few rough schematics dating to the Stone Age.
    Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
  • Queens of the Stone Age kicks off its time on that roster at No. 24, snagging an eleventh career win.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Reps for Queens of the Stone Age had no additional comment.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
  • Halle Berry's made a few historic firsts in her storied career, but what about being the first Black woman of the Stone Age?
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 27 May 2024
  • Either way, the answer could shake up what’s known about human origins during the Stone Age.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Reddit has also tried bringing its site out of the Stone Age by updating its design.
    Mike Isaac, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Imposing rock paintings inside shelters and caves may date back as early as the Stone Age.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
  • As the Stone Age collapsed into the Bronze Age, the moon would become useful for much more than anticipating the seasons.
    Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Amphorae Wine has been around since the Stone Age, but it was initially kept in animal skins, which surely didn’t improve the flavor.
    The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Einstein might say that each giant step forward is really taking us a giant step closer to the Stone Age.
    Bob Lorentson, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2024
  • The next day will be in Narvik, a fishing village that can trace its history to the Stone Age but that has held township status only since the early 20th century.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
  • But arguing that fans will revolt if athletes get paid is now officially a talking point from the Stone Age.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Queens of the Stone Age will be back on the road next summer after cancelling a run of 2024 shows due to unspecified health issues affecting singer/guitarist Josh Homme.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Understanding extinction Eggs are a big part of our diet today – something that was also true in the Stone Age.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Saturday Co-headliners Queens of the Stone Age specialize in the type of hard, sticky riffs that burrow into the subconscious and convince lower limbs to loosen.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Sure, living in the Stone Age doesn’t sound super glamorous, but one finca in Mallorca is here to show you all the modern possibilities of cave life.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 June 2023
  • Candles have been used as tools in spiritual ceremonies since the Stone Age, and are utilized by countless theologies to this day.
    Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Queens of the Stone Age recently made their return to the stage after having to call off a number 2024 shows so that frontman Joshua Homme could recover from emergency surgery.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 23 June 2025
  • Back to the Stone Age While oak still reigns supreme as the aging vessel of choice for wine, expect to hear more about fermentation and aging in granite, concrete, sandstone, and terra-cotta.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2025
  • From the Stone Age to today Humans have been using glass for more than 4,000 years, with some of the earliest uses being for decorative glass beads and arrowheads.
    John Mauro, Fortune, 14 June 2023
  • During their survey, archaeologists located dozens of artifacts and sites from the Stone Age, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But Altamura’s history reaches back even further, to the Stone Age.
    Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • There’s a digital platform for nearly every service worldwide, so why is booking a moving company trapped in the Stone Age?
    Chris Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a digital platform for nearly every service worldwide, so why is booking a moving company trapped in the Stone Age?
    Chris Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
  • In their stately ruins, the remains of these structures offer glimpses of the Stone Age people who made them, people at once familiar and deeply strange, whose voices are lost but whose sharp minds and skilled hands can be inferred and admired.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Some areas of modern Europe were pretty populated during the Stone Age.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But the Stone Age rope itself—often made from plant material—has disintegrated over time.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • An oddly nauseating title sequence — zooming in on Hope’s patented beauty techniques while Queens of the Stone Age plays over flawless skin — promises a horror movie-like secret that just isn’t there.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024

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