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The Paleolithic (/ˌpeɪlioʊˈlɪθɪk, ˌpæli-/ ⓘ PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee-), or Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools. It represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology, extending from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominins, c. 3.3 million years ago, to the end…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| bands | instance of | hominins grouped together in small societies | 0.80 | text |
| subsisted by gathering plants | instance of | hominins grouped together in small societies | 0.80 | text |
| fishing | instance of | hominins grouped together in small societies | 0.80 | text |
| and hunting or scavenging wild animals | instance of | hominins grouped together in small societies | 0.80 | text |
| Blombos Cave in South Africa | instance of | from artifacts in places | 0.80 | text |
| burial | instance of | humans began to produce the earliest works of art and to engage in religious or spiritual behavior | 0.80 | text |
| ritual | instance of | humans began to produce the earliest works of art and to engage in religious or spiritual behavior | 0.80 | text |
| the Clovis culture from directly crossing Beringia to reach the Americas.According to Mark Lynas | instance of | which may have prevented early Paleo-Indians | 0.80 | text |
| disease | instance of | caused by other factors | 0.80 | text |
| overhunting by humans | instance of | caused by other factors | 0.80 | text |
| the | instance of | Paleolithic peopleNearly all of our knowledge of Paleolithic people and way of life comes from archaeology and ethnographic comparisons to modern hunter-gatherer cultures | 0.80 | text |
| cave paintings | instance of | people began to produce works of art | 0.80 | text |
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