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Webster 1913 Edition


Paleolithic

Paˊle-o-lith′ic

(pāˊlē̍-ō̍-lĭth′ĭk)
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Adj.
(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 “Stone Age;” the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.