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== Etymology == The term "[[wikt:Paleolithic|Palaeolithic]]" was coined by archaeologist [[John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury|John Lubbock]] in 1865.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lubbock |first=John |author-link=John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury |orig-year=1872 |year=2005 |title=Pre-Historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages |publisher=Williams and Norgate |page=75 |via=Elibron Classics |chapter=4 |chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t7vm4dg4c;view=1up;seq=87 |isbn=978-1421270395}}</ref> It derives from Greek: [[wikt:蟺伪位伪喂蠈蟼|蟺伪位伪喂蠈蟼]], ''palaios'', "old"; and [[wikt:位委胃慰蟼|位委胃慰蟼]], ''lithos'', "stone", meaning "old age of the stone" or "Old [[Stone Age]]".
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