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eolithic

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e⋅o⋅lith

[ee-uh-lith]
–noun
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.

Origin:
1890–95; eo- + -lith


e⋅o⋅lith⋅ic, adjective
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E·o·lith·ic   (ē'ə-lĭth'ĭk)   
adj.  Of or relating to the postulated earliest period of human culture preceding the Lower Paleolithic. Not in scientific use.
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