paleolithic
pronunciation
How to pronounce paleolithic in British English:
UK [ˌpeɪlɪəʊ'lɪθɪk]
How to pronounce paleolithic in American English:
US [ˌpeɪlɪr'lɪθɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)
Word Origin
- paleolithic (adj.)
- of or pertaining to the Earlier Stone Age (opposed to neolithic), 1865, coined by John Lubbock, later Baron Avebury (1834-1913), from paleo- + Greek lithos "stone" + -ic.
Example
- 1. Similar stone circles are found throughout the upper and lower paleolithic .
- 2. The peking man during that time belongs to the paleolithic period .
- 3. Origins : the area now known as hong kong has been inhabited since the paleolithic era .
- 4. The rationale for this is that natural selection has adapted paleolithic humans to the food in that era .
- 5. People eating a paleolithic / ancestral diet usually experience better satiety , and therefore their energy intake is unconsciously reduced .