Palaeolithic

/ (ˌpælɪəʊˈlɪθɪk) /

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

(sometimes not capital) of or relating to this period

Example sentences from the Web for palaeolithic

The Palaeolithic cave-dwellers of Europe were buried in their caves.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria |Donald A. Mackenzie
We have now not only recovered the earlier dynasties, but neolithic and palaeolithic Egypt emerges from the primitive cemeteries.

Recent Developments in European Thought |Various
The principal uses to which flint has been put are the fabrication of weapons in Palaeolithic and Neolithic times.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various
Palaeolithic implements of a primitive type have been obtained from the same deposit at Galley Hill.

Prehistoric Man |W. L. H. Duckworth

These gravels represent the Drift or Palaeolithic period when man shared Europe with the mammoth and woolly-haired rhinoceros.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various

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Palaeolithic

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Example sentences from the Web for palaeolithic