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The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (/ ˌ p eɪ l i oʊ ˈ l ɪ θ ɪ k, ˌ p æ l i-/ PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee-), also called the Old Stone Age (from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old', and λίθος (líthos) 'stone'), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which ...
Paleolithic Period, ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development, characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. The popular Paleo diet, or Stone Age diet, is based on foods humans presumably would have consumed during the Paleolithic Period. ( See also Stone Age .)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 27, 2019 · Learn how humans lived before written records in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. The Paleolithic period (2.5 million to 10,000 B.C.) was marked by hunting, gathering, fire, art and extinction.
- Lesley Kennedy
Sep 29, 2017 · The Palaeolithic ('Old Stone Age ') makes up the earliest chunk of the Stone Age – the large swathe of time during which hominins used stone to make tools – and ranges from the first known tool use roughly 2,6 million years ago to the end of the last Ice Age c. 12,000 years ago, with part of its stone tool culture continuing up until c ...
- Emma Groeneveld
Learn about the Paleolithic era, when humans lived by foraging, hunting, and fishing. Explore how culture, environment, and evolution shaped Paleolithic societies and their adaptations.
Learn about the Paleolithic era, the first period of human history, marked by the development of stone tools, language, and art. Explore the evidence of Paleolithic life, culture, and innovation from archaeological sites and artifacts.
Paleolithic Period, or Old Stone Age, Ancient technological or cultural stage characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. During the Lower Paleolithic ( c. 2,500,000–200,000 years ago), simple pebble tools and crude stone choppers were made by the earliest humans.