Paleolithic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paleolithic \Pa`le*o*lith"ic\ (p[=a]`l[-e]*[-o]*l[i^]th"[i^]k),
     a. (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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paleolithic
       adj : of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age
             (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" [syn:
              {palaeolithic}]
       n : 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 [syn: {Paleolithic Age}, {Palaeolithic}]