The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic or Palæolithic (/ ˌ p eɪ l-, ˌ p æ l i oʊ ˈ l ɪ θ ɪ k /), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek palaios - old, lithos - stone), is a period in prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers 99% of the period of human technological prehistory. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 ...

Paleolithic religions are a set of spiritual beliefs and practices that may have appeared during the Paleolithic time period. Paleoanthropologists Andre Leroi-Gourhan and Annette Michelson believe unmistakably religious behaviour emerged by the Upper Paleolithic, before 30,000 years ago at the latest, but behavioral patterns such as burial rites that one might characterize as religious …

The Palaeolithic (or Paleolithic) was a period of prehistory when humans made stone tools. About 99% of human history happened in the Palaeolithic.. The Palaeolithic began when hominids (early humans) started to use stones as tools for bashing, cutting, and scraping.All members of the genus Homo made stone tools, starting with relatively crude tools made by Homo habilis …