Palaeolithic

/ ˌpælɪəʊˈlɪθɪk /

noun

1. the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc . See also Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic

adjective

1. sometimes not capital of or relating to this period

Example Sentences

It is shewn that early palaeolithic man presents examples of skulls both of brachy-cephalic and dolicho-cephalic proportions.

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Professor Kramberger holds the view that it constituted a feature of adaptation peculiar to the Palaeolithic men of Krapina.

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Palaeolithic implements of a primitive type have been obtained from the same deposit at Galley Hill.

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This is described by some authorities as Mousterian, by others as Aurignacian; in either case as of an early Palaeolithic aspect.

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This is the best example of an interment referable to the early Palaeolithic age (Fig. 22).

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