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Paleolithic  adj.  (Geol.) 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.






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"Paleolithic" Quotes from Famous Books



... improvement to it?" I parried. Yet even as I spoke I stood impressed by the thought that it was, after all, more than primitive. It was paleolithic, two prehistoric she-things in combat ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer

... Lar, I made a study of the subterranean habitations excavated in the rock and made a plan of the very ancient castle, Molla-Klo, which once defended the pass of Vahn. Finally, in the ravine called Ab—pardma, I discovered in the alluvion some stone instruments presenting very ancient paleolithic characters. At Amol, I studied the ruins of the ancient city and gathered some interesting collections containing quite a number of pieces of pottery and some bronzes of the xiv century."..... "Near Asterabad there is a mound called Khaighruch-tp. I attempted to make some ...
— The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 • Various



Words linked to "Paleolithic" :   Lower Paleolithic, period, Middle Paleolithic, palaeolithic, Paleolithic Age, Stone Age, time period, period of time, Upper Paleolithic



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