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Pa·le·o·lith·ic

(pā′lē-ə-lĭth′ĭk)

adj.

Of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning with the earliest chipped stone tools, about 2.4 million years ago, until the beginning of the Mesolithic Period, about 15,000 to 11,500 years ago in western Asia and southern Europe.

The Paleolithic Period. Also called Old Stone Age. See Usage Note at Three Age system.

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paleolithic

(ˌpælɪəʊˈlɪθɪk)

adj

a variant spelling of Palaeolithic

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Pa•le•o•lith•ic

(ˌpeɪ li əˈlɪθ ɪk; esp. Brit. ˌpæl i-)

adj.

(sometimes l.c.) of, designating, or characteristic of the early phase of the Stone Age: usu. divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.).

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Pa·le·o·lith·ic

(pā′lē-ə-lĭth′ĭk)

The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2 million years ago, marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. The Paleolithic Period ended at different times in different parts of the world, between about 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. Compare Mesolithic, Neolithic.

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Paleolithic

Belonging to the earliest period of the Stone Age, during which primitive human beings emerged and the first stone tools were made.

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Noun	1.	Paleolithic - 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 Palaeolithic, Paleolithic Age Stone Age - (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements Lower Paleolithic - the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago Middle Paleolithic - the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC Upper Paleolithic - the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC
Adj.	1.	paleolithic - of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" palaeolithic

Translations

παλαιολιθική

Paleolítico

paleoliittinen

paléolithique

paleolitikum

paleolitico paleontologia

Paleolitik

paleolithic

adj → paläolithisch, altsteinzeitlich

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He used to tell me about the various forms of animal and vegetable life which had covered the globe during former eras, and so I was pretty well acquainted with the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals of paleolithic times.

The vitality of these creatures of Caspak is one of the marvelous features of this strange world and bespeaks the low nervous organization of the old paleolithic life which has been so long extinct in other portions of the world.

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I had forgotten what little geology I had studied at school--about all that remained was an impression of horror that the illustrations of restored prehistoric monsters had made upon me, and a well-defined belief that any man with a pig's shank and a vivid imagination could "restore" most any sort of paleolithic monster he saw fit, and take rank as a first class paleontologist.

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Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the Flat.

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This is the last time I trust myself to one of these paleolithic contrivances.

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Neolithic ruins, hearth places, bones, samples dating the late Middle Paleolithic were discovered at the depth of 4 meters.

Japanese archaeologist carries out excavation in ancient Damjili cave

The boat was constructed in Japan with the use of reconstructions of Paleolithic tools.

Team to paddle from Taiwan to Japan in wooden dugout canoe

Summary: A joint Saudi-French mission has revealed sites dating back to the Paleolithic period in the mountains of Riyadh

100,000-year-old archeology site discovered in Riyadh

The sites are dating back to the Paleolithic period about 100,000 years.

Saudi French mission reveals sites dating back to 100,000 years in mountains, south of Riyadh

The field survey covered mountainous territory, where the expeditionary team discovered sites that date back to the Stone Age or Paleolithic period in Al-Kharj province, about 100 thousand years ago.

Joint Saudi-French expedition uncovers new archaeological sites in southern Riyadh

*The paleo diet - short for paleolithic - is a regime were users only eat the kind of foods that were available to paleolithic (Old Stone Age) people, such as a berries and unprocessed meats.