palaeolithic
/ˌpeɪlioʊˈlɪθɪk/
adjective
- Relating to the early phase of the Stone Age, when humans used simple stone tools and lived as hunter-gatherers.
- During the Palaeolithic era, humans learned to control fire.
- The museum has a display of Palaeolithic hand axes and spear points.
- Palaeolithic people painted animals on cave walls in France and Spain.
- Extremely old-fashioned or primitive (informal, figurative).
- That palaeolithic computer can't run any modern software.
- His palaeolithic views on technology make him refuse to use email.
- My dad's phone is so palaeolithic it doesn't even have a touchscreen.
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