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1. Of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)
   "paleolithic artifacts";
   - palaeolithic [Brit, Cdn]

1. The early period of the Stone Age from about 2.5-3 million years ago until about 12 000 years ago
   - Paleolithic Age, Palaeolithic [Brit, Cdn], Palaeolithic Age [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: period, period of time, time period, time span

Part of: Stone Age

Encyclopedia: Paleolithic