the period of the emergence of primitive humans 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
adjective
2. (sometimes not capital)
of or relating to this period
Examples of 'Palaeolithic' in a sentence
Palaeolithic
Worn teeth with a discoloured crust up by the gums over a dark, hollow Palaeolithic mouth, maybe a stalactite coming down at the back there.