Archaic

Definitions

1. The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
   US, capitalized, usually
2. (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.

Equivalents

Examples

“… Archaic Stage⟳ … the stage⟳ of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present⟳.”

“[...] prefer⟳ the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have⟳ had little to say⟳ about the post-Erectine archaics from China.”

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