paleolithic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: paleolithic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for paleolithic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paleolithic adj of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" Synonym(s): paleolithic, 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 Synonym(s): Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paleolithic \Pa`leolith"ic\, 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 [bd]Stone Age;[b8] the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.