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| 1. | [ noun ] (archeology) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | palaeolithic Paleolithic_Age | |
| Related terms: | time_period Stone_Age middle_paleolithic upper_paleolithic lower_paleolithic | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | |
| Synonyms: | palaeolithic | |
| Examples: | "paleolithic artifacts" |
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| Related terms: | Stone_Age Paleolithic_Age | |
| Similar spelling: |
paleolith palaeolithic |
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