The Paleolithic Age in Europe preceded the Mesolithic Age, although the date of the transition varies geographically by several thousand years. ![]() It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominins, c. 3.3 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene, c. 11,650 cal BP. ![]() ![]() The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( / ˌ p eɪ-, ˌ p æ l i oʊ ˈ l ɪ θ ɪ k/ PAY-, PAL-ee-oh- LITH-ik), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός palaios, "old" and λίθος lithos, "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.
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