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
<noun.time> [ adj ]
of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)
<adj.pert> paleolithic artifacts
Paleolithic \Pa`le*o*lith"ic\, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the ``Stone Age;'' the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.