the Paleolithic period

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• Paleolithic Period — or Old Stone Age Ancient technological or cultural stage characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. During the Lower Paleolithic (с 2,500,000–200,000 years ago), simple pebble tools and crude stone choppers were made by the… …   Universalium

• Paleolithic — The Paleolithic This box: view · talk · edit ↑ before Homo (Plioc …   Wikipedia

• Paleolithic — [pā΄lē ə lith′ik] adj. [ PALEO + LITHIC] [sometimes p ] designating or of an Old World cultural period ( c. 2 million c. 10,000 B.C. ) before the Mesolithic, characterized by the use of flint, stone, and bone tools, hunting, fishing, and the… …   English World dictionary

• Paleolithic man — n. any of the types of humans of the Paleolithic period, including Java, Neanderthal, and Cro Magnon man …   English World dictionary

• Paleolithic diet — This article is about a modern nutritional approach. For information on the dietary practices of Paleolithic humans, see Paleolithic#Diet and nutrition. Paleolithic style dish: seafood stew The modern dietary regimen known as the Paleolithic diet …   Wikipedia

• Paleolithic — 1. noun /ˈpeɪl.ɪi.əʊˌlɪɵ.ɪk,ˈpæl.ɪi.oʊˌlɪɵ.ɪk/ A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BC; the Old Stone Age. Syn: Old Stone Age See Also: lith 2. adjective /ˈpeɪl.ɪi.əʊˌlɪɵ.ɪk,ˈpæl.ɪi.oʊˌlɪɵ.ɪk/ Of or referring to… …   Wiktionary

• paleolithic man — noun Usage: often capitalized P : a man of or peculiar to the Paleolithic period (as the Heidelberg, Neanderthal, or CroMagnon) * * * any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene …   Useful english dictionary

• Paleolithic religion — The origin and early development of religion falls into the Paleolithic. Religious behaviour had certainly emerged by the Upper Paleolithic, before 30,000 years ago at the latest, [ Andre Leroi Gourhan and Annette Michelson, The Religion of the… …   Wikipedia

• Paleolithic Continuity Theory — The Paleolithic Continuity Theory (or PCT,Italian La teoria della continuità ) is a hypothesis suggesting that the hypothetical Proto Indo European language can be traced back to the Paleolithic era,tens of millennia earlier than the Chalcolithic …   Wikipedia

• The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex —   …   Wikipedia

• History of the Basque people — The Basque people ( eu. Euskaldunak) are a group of people inhabiting adjacent areas of Spain and France. Their history is therefore interconnected with Spanish and French history and also with the history of many other past and present countries …   Wikipedia