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Palaeolithic
Palaeolithic [CP].Literally, the Old Stone Age, spanning the three and a half million years of human evolution from the advanced hominids to the end of the last Pleistocene glaciation around 11 000 years ago. Generally sub-divided into the LOWER, MIDDLE, and UPPER PALAEOLITHIC phases.
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