palaeolithic

Palaeolithic

(ˌpælɪəʊˈlɪθɪk) n1. (Archaeology) 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 Palaeolithic2. (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 Palaeolithicadj3. (Archaeology) (sometimes not capital) of or relating to this period4. (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 BCPaleolithic, Paleolithic AgeStone Age - (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implementsLower Paleolithic - the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years agoMiddle Paleolithic - the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BCUpper 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"paleolithic

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