Paleolithic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
paleolithic
adj.
of the earlier Stone Age
Paleolithic
The
Paleolithic (American spelling; British spelling:
Palaeolithic; pronunciation: )
Age,
Era or
Period is a prehistoric
period of
human history distinguished by the development of the most primitive
stone tools discovered (
Grahame Clark's Modes I and II), and covers roughly 95% of human technological
prehistory. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools, probably by
hominins such as
australopithecines, 2.6 million years ago, to the end of the
Pleistocene around 10,000
BP.
Paleolithic
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) Paleolithic Age, Palaeolithic
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(part-holonym) Stone Age
(part-meronym) Lower Paleolithic
paleolithic
Adjective
1. of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts"
(synonym) palaeolithic
(pertainym) Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithic
Paleolithic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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