The phrase "ancient generation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of people or a lineage that existed in a distant past, often in historical or literary contexts.
Example: "The ancient generation of philosophers laid the groundwork for modern thought."
Alternatives: "ancient lineage" or "old generation".
Chernobyl was an ancient Generation one plant without a containment building.
In my own, now ancient, generation, many British adolescents fell in love with French because of Sartre and Camus.
I realised that the molecules of my body, and the molecules of the spacecraft, and the molecules of my partners had been manufactured as prototypes in some ancient generation of stars, because matter is created in star systems.
Not the comparatively ancient generation that once produced Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and Christina Aguilera, but the new breed, who are primped and propagated like prize roses; toothy munchkins given TV shows and then slapped on backpacks, pencil cases and, if they can carry a tune without significant wobble, album covers.
This may be explained by purging of deleterious alleles in ancient generations, or by a bottleneck.
The phones themselves were heavy, ancient, first generation models.
On November 4th the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NDAA), the office charged with shutting down and cleaning up Britain's ancient first-generation reactors, launched a training drive, promising to create a national nuclear laboratory and promote careers in nuclear physics for youngsters.
That's right: something that took our ancient ancestors generations to perfect is now available to anyone with a CAD/CAM program and some Red Bull.
We haven't been to the Moon in a generation (ancient history, to some).
Half a world away in Vietnam, the country is celebrating the Lunar New Year — the year of the pig — with ancient customs passed from generation to generation.
Yet it also encompasses teeming street markets, polytheistic temples, recreational green space and other vestiges of ancient traditions reflecting generations of cultural influx from nearby and far-off lands.
