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Paleolithic - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Paleolithic : adj : of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age
(following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" [syn:
palaeolithic]
(noun)
1: second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to
500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last
ice age about 8,500 years BC [syn: Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic,
Palaeolithic]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Paleolithic : \Pa`le*o*lith"ic\, a. (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements.
The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the
earlier half of the ``Stone Age;'' the remains belonging to
it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of
human beings.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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