Palaeolithic

/ (ˌpælɪəʊˈlɪθɪk) /

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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

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Words nearby Palaeolithic

palaeoethnobotany, Palaeogene, palaeogeography, palaeography, palaeolith, Palaeolithic, Palaeolithic man, Palaeologus, palaeomagnetism, palaeontography, palaeontol.

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How to use Palaeolithic in a sentence

It is shewn that early palaeolithic man presents examples of skulls both of brachy-cephalic and dolicho-cephalic proportions.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
Professor Kramberger holds the view that it constituted a feature of adaptation peculiar to the Palaeolithic men of Krapina.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
Palaeolithic implements of a primitive type have been obtained from the same deposit at Galley Hill.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
This is described by some authorities as Mousterian, by others as Aurignacian; in either case as of an early Palaeolithic aspect.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth

This is the best example of an interment referable to the early Palaeolithic age (Fig. 22).
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth