eolithic

noun

the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture

adjective

of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths)

Roots

eoseo- · Greek · dawn lithoslith- · Greek · stone ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to

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