Paleolithic man

noun

1. any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Paleolithic man¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

These waves were there when paleolithic man hunted his meat with a stone-tipped club.

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Their morals and modesty, as well as their games, are those of paleolithic man, and they are as remorselessly cruel.

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Redruth is under the shadow of Carn Brea, the home of paleolithic man.

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Whatever may be said of paleolithic man, neolithic man has left the most enduring and indubitable evidence.

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