Control the lions with old tools (8)

I believe the answer is:

neoliths

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'old tools' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'control the lions' is the wordplay.
'control' indicates anagramming the letters.
'the'+'lions'='thelions'
'thelions' is an anagram of 'NEOLITHS'.

'with' acts as a link.

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