palaeolithic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

palaeolithic
    adj 1: of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age
           (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" [syn:
           {paleolithic}, {palaeolithic}]
    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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palaeolithic \palaeolithic\ adj.
   Same as {paleolithic}.

   Syn: paleolithic.
        [WordNet 1.5]