prepalæolithic, a. Anthropol.
(ˌpriːpæliːəʊˈlɪθɪk)
[pre- B. 1 b.]
Preceding or anterior to the Palæolithic or Early Stone Period of human history. So preˈpalæolith, a stone used in this period, as a weapon or implement.
| 1895 H. Stopes in Athenæum 7 Sept. 325/3 The stones used throughout this transition or prepalæolithic time are frequently very large, generally left-handed, and nearly always rough. Ibid. 325/1 Some of these prepalæoliths..are found in many positions in Swanscombe. |