palaeolithic

Definition of Palaeolithic in English :

Noun

1. palaeolithic, paleolithic, paleolithic age

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 BC

paleolithic
paleolithic age

Adjective

2. palaeolithic, paleolithic

of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)

Example Sentences:
'paleolithic artifacts'

paleolithic

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Palaeolithic

see synonyms of palaeolithic

noun

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

adjective

2. (sometimes not capital)

of or relating to this period

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