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Meaning of technofossil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A fossil formed from an industrial man-made object or material.

neologism

Examples

“Metros are part of the evolving body-fossil, technofossil, trace fossil, and chemical record of the genus Homo that extends back some 2.8 million years in Africa (Villmoare et al., 2015), and is underpinned by a technofossil record of stone tools that is shared with hominins other than Homo (Harmand et al., 2015).”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

technofreak technofunk technogeek technographer technography technohead