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Paleolithic
1. Of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning with the earliest chipped stone tools, which took place about 750,000 years ago, until the beginning of the Mesolithic Age, about 15,000 years ago.
2. A technical name for the "Old Stone Age", a division of prehistory covering the time when humans first started to make tools out of stone.
2. A technical name for the "Old Stone Age", a division of prehistory covering the time when humans first started to make tools out of stone.
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litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites
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palaeo-, palae-, paleo-, pale-
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Paleolithic
A vast period that covers most of human existence, from our origins five million years ago to about 12,000 years ago.
This period sees the emergence of biologically modern humans, as well as, significant developments in the human cultural repertoire or the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used during the Paleolithic period.
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Archeology, Archaeology
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