Synonyms for paleolithic
ˌpeɪ li əˈlɪθ ɪk; esp. Brit. ˌpæl i-pa·le·olith·ic

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1. Paleolithicnoun

   Synonyms:
   Old Stone Age

2. paleolithicadjective

   Often used more generally to suggest that something is extremely outdated.

   These laws are absolutely paleolithic.

   Synonyms:
   Old Stone Age

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1. Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithicadjective

   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

2. paleolithic, palaeolithicadjective

   of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)

   "paleolithic artifacts"

   Synonyms:
   palaeolithic

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1. Eric Hoffer:

   The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.

2. Eugene McLaughlin:

   The case is almost beyond legal adjudication, no matter if Amanda Knox or Raffaele Sollecito are found guilty or not guilty, it has taken on an after-life of its own.' The protracted online battle took root in the Paleolithic era of social media, when tabloids plumbed Knox's MySpace page for early photos of a smiling and carefree student, wisps of hair blowing from beneath a rolled knit cap, picking up on the.