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technofossil

technofossil noun: a fossil formed from an industrial man-made object or material.

Noun

technofossil (plural technofossils)

  1. (neologism) A fossil formed from an industrial man-made object or material.
    • 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...2019, Craig Benjamin, Esther Quaedackers, David Baker, editors, The Routledge Companion to Big History, Routledge, →ISBN

Forms of technofossil

pluraltechnofossils

Origin of technofossil

From techno- + fossil.

Questions about technofossil

What does technofossil mean?
Technofossil means a fossil formed from an industrial man-made object or material.
What part of speech is technofossil?
Technofossil is a noun.
What is the plural of technofossil?
The plural of technofossil is technofossils.

Words near technofossil in the dictionary

  1. technofeudalist
  2. technofeudalists
  3. technofinance
  4. technofix
  5. technofixes
  6. technofossil
  7. technofossils
  8. technofreak
  9. technofreaks
  10. technofunctional
  11. technofunk

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