neolithic
neolithic Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to or denoting the final period of the Stone Age, characterized by polished stone tools, the domestication of animals, and the development of agriculture.
"Archaeologists uncovered several Neolithic pottery shards and grinding stones at the excavation site."
Regarded as extremely outdated, primitive, or obsolete (used humorously or hyperbolically).
"The office still relies on neolithic computer systems that take ten minutes just to boot up."
• noun
The final division of the Stone Age, marked by the transition from hunting and gathering to settled farming communities and the use of polished stone implements.
"The domestication of wheat and barley in the Fertile Crescent was a defining milestone of the Neolithic."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in 1865 by British archaeologist John Lubbock from Ancient Greek 'neos' (new) and 'lithos' (stone), to distinguish the era of polished stone tools and agriculture from the older Paleolithic period.