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Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

Illustration of Paleolithic Age showing early humans sitting around a fire, making stone tools, and hunting in a prehistoric landscape with mountains and forests.

The term Paleolithic refers to the Old Stone Age of the prehistoric period. This name comes from the Greek words paleo’s, meaning old, and lithos, meaning stone. This era is part of the Pleistocene geological epoch. Classification of Palaeolithic Age…