Paleolithic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BCE; the Old Stone Age.

adj

Of or referring to the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic period or Paleolithic age).
Antiquated, antediluvian.

adj

/ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/ /ˈpeɪlioʊˌlɪθɪk/ /ˈpeɪliəˌlɪθɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Paleolithic.wav

Paleolithic palaeolithic palæolithic palaeolithical paleolithical

From paleo- + -lithic.

Old Stone Age

New Stone Age Neolithic lith Mesolithic

Epipaleolithic prepaleolithic Upper Paleolithic postpaleolithic

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