Palaeolithic man

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noun

1. any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic

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Palaeolithic man

Palaeolithic man cooked his joint of horse or reindeer, and, no doubt, scorched it.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph

As to the flint implements of Palaeolithic man in the high terraced gravels throughout the Thames Valley, associated with bones of the mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, etc., see Brown, p.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Palaeolithic man appeared in Europe with the arctic mammalia, lived in Europe with them, and in all human probability retreated to the north-east along with them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

No satisfactory evidence has been produced that Palaeolithic man occupied Cornwall, but the traces of Neolithic man at the stage when he became acquainted with the use of bronze are abundant.

From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

For an excellent and critical summary of the latest researches on Palaeolithic man up till the end of the Aurignacian period, see Duckworth, "Prehistoric Man," Cambridge, 1912.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir