eolith
Definitions
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- noun a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools
Examples
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From the beginning to the ripening of that phase of human life, from the first clumsy eolith of rudely chipped flint to the first implements of polished stone, was two or three thousand centuries, ten or fifteen thousand generations.
Note
The word 'eolith' comes from Greek roots meaning 'dawn' and 'stone'.
