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PRONUNCIATION OF OLD STONE AGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLD STONE AGE

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Old Stone Age is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OLD STONE AGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Old Stone Age

Paleolithic

The Paleolithic Age, Era or Period is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools discovered, and covers roughly 99% of human technological prehistory. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools, probably by hominins such as australopithecines, 2.6 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene around 10,000 BP. The Paleolithic era is followed by the Mesolithic. The date of the Paleolithic—Mesolithic boundary may vary by locality as much as several thousand years. During the Paleolithic period, humans grouped together in small societies such as bands, and subsisted by gathering plants and fishing, hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were adapted for use as tools, including leather and vegetable fibers; however, due to their nature, these have not been preserved to any great degree. Surviving artifacts of the Paleolithic era are known as paleoliths.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLD STONE AGE

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Old Test.
Old Testament
Old Windsor

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLD STONE AGE

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Neolithic Age
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the Third Age
Third Age

Synonyms and antonyms of Old Stone Age in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Old Stone Age» into 25 languages

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The translations of Old Stone Age from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Old Stone Age» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

旧石器时代
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Edad de Piedra
570 millions of speakers

English

Old Stone Age
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुरानी पाषाण युग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العصر الحجري القديم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Старый каменный век
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Idade da Pedra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরাতন পাথর বয়স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Âge de pierre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zaman Batu Lama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Altsteinzeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

旧石器時代
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구석기 시대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lawas Stone Age
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Đồ đá cũ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழைய கல் வயது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जुना दगड आयु
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eski Taş Devri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Old Stone Age
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Old Stone Age
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Старий кам´яний вік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Old Stone Age
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Old Stone Age
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Ou Steentydperk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Äldre stenåldern
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Old Stone Age
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Old Stone Age

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLD STONE AGE»

The term «Old Stone Age» is normally little used and occupies the 130.078 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD STONE AGE»

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Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of ...
Humans were evidently more ancient than had been supposed - but just how old were they? A colourful cast of characters debated the question and even came to blows over it. Anne O'Connor tells their fascinating story.
Anne O'Connor, 2007
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Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE OLD STONE AGE * The proofs of the prehistory of man arose afresh, and from an entirely new source, in the beginning of the eighteenth century through discoveries in Germany, by which the Greek anticipations of a ...
Henry Fairfield Osborn, 1916
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Men of the Old Stone Age / Their Environment, Life and Art
2. TYPICAL NEOLITHIC AGE (ROBENHAUSIAN,SWISSLAKE D WELLERS ) E UROPE " 7000. 1.EARLY NEOLITHIC STAGES (C AMPIGNIANC ULTURE) EUROPE I. OLD STONE AGE, PALÆOLITHIC UPPERPALÆOLITHIC EUROPE 8 .
Henry Fairfield Osborn, 2014
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Stone Age in India
In the Dharwar and Bijapur districts — the Southern Mahratta country — all sorts of fine implements of the old Stone Age have been picked up. A single specimen from the Narmada valley (Central Provinces) furnishes decisive evidence of ...
‎1988
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Japanese Culture
Then, in 1949, new archaeological finds dramatically revealed that humans had lived in Japan from a much earlier time and that there had been a Paleolithic or Old Stone Age before the New Stone Age. Today, a conservative estimate of the  ...
H. Paul Varley, 2000
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The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: From the Old Stone Age to ...
The history and culture of the area that now forms parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria are described in terms of artifacts found there dating from the Stone Age to 539 B.C. and the Persian invasion
Seton Lloyd, 1984
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Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction
... PERIODS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 100,000 to 12,000 B.C. Paleolithic ( Old Stone Age) 12,000 to 7,500 B.C. Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) 7,500 to 4,000 B.C. Neolithic (New Stone Age) 4,000 to 3,150 B.C. Chalcolithic (Copper- Stone ...
Lawrence Boadt, 1984
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Ancient Transportation: From Camels to Canals
The Old Stone Age, or Paleolithic period, lasted until about 10,000 B.C. During the New Stone Age, or Neolithic period, which lasted until about 3500 B.C., people began to abandon the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and become more settled.
Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods, 2000
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Popular Science
The men of the Old Stone Age depended on the herds of ponies and of reindeer much as the Indians of the Western plains depended, centuries later, on the herds of buffalo. A life like this did not encourage cooperation or the formation of  ...
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The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age
... weapons used in the Old Stone Age. I will first describe the ways in which early humans engendered that most vital of resources, namely fire. There are basically two ways to make fire that were available before the invention of the match in ...
Richard Rudgley, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD STONE AGE»

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Sarah Seaton: Our clues to prehistoric Nottingham
*Evidence of early habitation in the area is very scant; between 500,000 and 10,000 years ago (the Palaeolithic period, or 'Old Stone Age') the ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
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We Didn't Build This City On Rock 'N' Roll. It Was Yogurt
During the Paleolithic, or "Old Stone Age," humans relied on hunting and gathering for food and, as a result, lived a nomadic lifestyle. With the ... «KCUR, Jul 15»
3
Young Weymouth conductor wields the baton with Boston …
... of 8,000-year-old stone age instruments. Children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and the Yawkey Club of Roxbury will participate. «Milford Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Melting glaciers reveal secrets about past
Now, we're starting to get the really old Stone Age arrows." The most notable discovery of a mummified body coughed up by a melting glacier ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jun 15»
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Influencer Marketing Since the Stone Age!
From the Old Stone Age to the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. How did they actually transition from one to the other? The Ages throughout history ... «Business 2 Community, Jun 15»
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Why Bahati Should Stop Boring Us With His Sagging Stories... He Is …
Some of us feel sagging trousers is an outdated practice and so would see anyone doing it looking like an old stone age period ninja. Yet again ... «Ghafla!Kenya, Jun 15»
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As globe warms, melting glaciers reveal more than bare earth
Now, we're starting to get the really old Stone Age arrows." The most notable discovery of a mummified body coughed up by a melting glacier ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
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Best trips for adventure-loving families
Bones of 5,000-year-old Stone Age child and adult found in Irish cave (IrishCentral). Major Viking site discovery described as 'mind-blowing' ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
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As globe warms, melting glaciers revealing more than bare earth
Now, we're starting to get the really old Stone Age arrows.” The most notable discovery of a mummified body coughed up by a melting glacier ... «Miami Herald, Jun 15»
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Most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
Previous research has focused on the proportion of modern Europeans descending from Paleolithic – Old Stone Age – hunter-gatherer ... «HeritageDaily, May 15»

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