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; [syn: Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithic]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Paleolithic Age
n 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 [syn: Paleolithic Age,
Paleolithic, Palaeolithic]