Palaeolithic man

British  

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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Example Sentences

It is doubtful whether Palaeolithic man has left any descendants.

From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

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 proofs of the existance of Palaeolithic man in Egypt, see Mook, Haynes, Pitt-Rivers, Flinders-Petrie, and others, cited at length in the next chapter.

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

Palaeolithic man made his implements of any kind of hard and heavy stone, and it is probable that he occasionally selected iron ore for the purpose.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph