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1. Of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)
   - paleolithic

1. 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
   - Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithic Age [Brit, Cdn]

See also: Stone Age

Type of: period, period of time, time period

Part of: Stone Age

Encyclopedia: Palaeolithic