Paleolithic
See also: paleolithic
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editPaleolithic
- A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BCE; the Old Stone Age.
- Synonym: Old Stone Age
- Holonym: Stone Age
- Comeronyms: New Stone Age, Neolithic
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editOld Stone Age
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editPaleolithic (not comparable)
- Of or referring to the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic period or Paleolithic age).
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 18:
- We find material evidences of magical practices in the European caves of the Palæolithic age[.]
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editof or referring to the Old Stone Age
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