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Paleolithic period

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Paleolithic period pa&180;leelIth´Ik, -leo-, pal&180;- or Old Stone Age, the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It is approximately coextensive with the Pleistocene geologic epoch, beginning about 2 million years ago and ending in various places between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, when it was succeeded by the Mesolithic period . By far the most outstanding feature of the Paleolithic period was the evolution of the human species from an apelike creature, or near human, to true Homo sapiens... Read more

Paleolithic Period
...caves such as Altamira (in Spain) and Lascaux Grotto (in France). The end of the Paleolithic is marked by the emergence of the settled agricultural villages of the Neolithic Period . Paleolithic Period Paleolithic Period Paleolithic Period Read more

Paleolithic
...Archaeol. of, relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used. ∎ [as n. ] ( the Paleolithic ) the Paleolithic period. Also called Old Stone Age . Read more

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