paleolithic
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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 (noun.time)
| part holonym | : | lower paleolithic, |
| definition | : | the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | middle paleolithic, |
| definition | : | the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | upper paleolithic, |
| definition | : | the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC (noun.time) |
| part meronym | : | stone age, |
| definition | : | (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements (noun.time) |
2. of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | stone age, |
| definition | : | (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements (noun.time) |
| pertainym | : | palaeolithic, paleolithic, paleolithic age, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.time) |
| pertainym | : | stone age, |
| definition | : | (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements (noun.time) |
| pertainym | : | palaeolithic, paleolithic, paleolithic age, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.time) |
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