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Paleolithic , Pa·le·o·lith·ic / ˌpālēəˈli[unvoicedth]ik/ • adj. Archaeol. of, relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million… Stone , stone / stōn/ • n. 1. the hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, esp. as a building material: the houses are built of stone |… Stone Age , Stone Age Period of human evolution defined by the use of stone tools. The Stone Age dates from the earliest identifiable broken-pebble tools made by… Kidney Stones , Kidney stones are composed of crystals formed by chemicah that separate from the urine and that build up in the kidney. Most kidney stones pass out o… cairn , cairn / ke(ə)rn/ • n. 1. a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline. ∎ a prehistoric burial mound mad… Cromlech , cromlech in Wales, a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones, a dolmen. In Brittany, the term denotes a circle of stand…
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