Palaeolithic [ˌpælɪəʊˈlɪθɪk]
n
(Social Science / Archaeology) (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc See also Lower Palaeolithic, Middle Palaeolithic, Upper Palaeolithic
adj
(Social Science / Archaeology) (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) (sometimes not capital) of or relating to this period
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| Noun | 1. |  Palaeolithic - second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BCStone Age - (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements Lower Paleolithic - the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago Middle Paleolithic - the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC Upper Paleolithic - the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC |
| Adj. | 1. | palaeolithic - of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" |
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