Archaic Cuneiform Tablet E
Archaic may refer to: * Archaic Period (several meanings), archaeological term used to refer to a very early period differing by location *Archaic humans, people before ''homo sapiens'' * ''Archaic'' (comics), a comic-book series created by writer James Abrams and artist Brett Marting *Archaism, an archaic word or style of speech or writing. See also * * * Archaea, several meanings * Archean The Archean ( , also spelled Archaean or Archæan), in older sources sometimes called the Archaeozoic, is the second of the four geologic eons of Earth's history of Earth, history, preceded by the Hadean Eon and followed by the Proterozoic and t ...

Archaic Period (other)
The name Archaic Period is given by archaeologists to early periods in an archaeological chronology, generally covering the early developments of permanent settlements, agriculture, and large societies. In particular, it may refer to: * Archaic Period (Americas) or period in the Americas, after the Lithic and before the Formative. Dates vary with areas, typically 8,000 to 2,000BC. ** the Archaic period (North America) (8000 BC–1000 BC) ** Archaic period in Mesoamerica * Archaic Greece (800 BC–480 BC) ** Archaic period in Greek art * a period in the history of Etruscan art, between roughly 575 BC and 480 BC * the Early Dynastic Period (Egypt) The Early Dynastic Period, also known as Archaic Period or the Thinite Period (from Thinis, the hometown of its rulers), is the era of ancient Egypt that immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in . It is generally taken ... (3100 BC–2600 BC) See also * Classical period (other) { ...
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Archaic Humans
''Homo'' () is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus ''Australopithecus'' and encompasses only a single extant species, ''Homo sapiens'' (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans; these include '' Homo erectus'' and '' Homo neanderthalensis''. The oldest member of the genus is '' Homo habilis'', with records of just over 2 million years ago. ''Homo'', together with the genus '' Paranthropus'', is probably most closely related to the species '' Australopithecus africanus'' within ''Australopithecus''.'''' The closest living relatives of ''Homo'' are of the genus '' Pan'' ( chimpanzees and bonobos), with the ancestors of ''Pan'' and ''Homo'' estimated to have diverged around 5.7–11 million years ago during the Late Miocene. ''H. erectus'' appeared about 2 million years ago and spread throughout Africa (debatab ...
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Archaic (comics)
''Archaic'' is an American comic book series created by writer James S. Abrams and artist Brett Marting. The series is published through Fenickx Productions LLC and saw its debut at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con. The comic itself is an epic fantasy adventure containing many references (both in mythology and language) to Slovakian lore. Many of the characters names as well as certain phrases are taken from Slavic languages as well. Since its creation Archaic has gained a rather large amount of attention in the American comics community. The series has earned several award nominations, such as Golden Chazzie nominations for ''Best Ongoing Series'' and ''Best Artist'' for 2006. ''Wizard Comics Magazine'' rated it number 4 in its 2007 top 40 indie comics.'' Wizard Magazine ''(issue 186, Feb. 28 2007), page 124 Publication history Premiering at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con, Archaic immediately released with 5 issues in an early small press production run that saw different covers fro ...
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Archaism
In language, an archaism is a word, a sense of a word, or a style of speech or writing that belongs to a historical epoch beyond living memory, but that has survived in a few practical settings or affairs. lexicon, Lexical archaisms are single archaic words or expressions used regularly in an affair (e.g. religion or law) or freely; literature, literary archaism is the survival of archaic language in a traditional literary text such as a nursery rhyme or the deliberate use of a style (fiction), style characteristic of an earlier age—for example, in his 1960 novel ''The Sot-Weed Factor (1960 novel), The Sot-Weed Factor'', John Barth writes in an 18th-century style. Archaic words or expressions may have distinctive emotional connotations—some can be humorous (''forsooth''), some highly formal (''What say you?''), and some solemn (''With thee do I plight my troth''). The word ''archaism'' is from the , ''archaïkós'', 'old-fashioned, antiquated', ultimately , ''archaîos'', 'f ...
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Archaea (other)
Archaea is a domain of single-celled organisms. Archaea or archea may also refer to: * Archaea (spider), ''Archaea'' (spider), an extinct genus of Archaeidae *Archaea (journal), ''Archaea'' (journal), published by Hindawi See also

* Archaic (other), an earlier or ancient period or practice * Archean, or Archæan, an early geological eon * "archaeo-" ('ancient'), List of commonly used taxonomic affixes, a commonly used taxonomic affixes * Arcaea, a rhythm game developed and published by lowiro {{disambiguation ...
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