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Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus   Words of the week May 9 - May 15, 1999   Idea of the Week   Stone Age Peoples and Cultures       Australopithecine - May 9, 1999 (Sunday) Cro-Magnon - May 10, 1999 (Monday) eolithic - May 11, 1999 (Tuesday) Java man - May 12, 1999 (Wednesday) Neanderthal - May 13, 1999 (Thursday) Neolithic - May 14, 1999 (Friday) Paleolithic - May 15, 1999 (Saturday) Australopithecine Syllables: Aus-tra-lo-pith-e-cine Pronunciation: aw stre lo pI thih sin; aw stre lo pI thih sEn     Part of speech: noun Definition: a tool-making primate of an extinct genus of hominids that inhabited eastern and southern Africa. Back to "Words of the Week" Index Cro-Magnon Syllables: Cro--Magnon Pronunciation: kro maeg nEn; kro maen yEn     Part of speech: noun Definition: a Caucasoid type of human that lived in Europe from about 60,000 B.C. to about 10,000 B.C. Back to "Words of the Week" Index eolithic Syllables: e-o-lith-ic Pronunciation: i E lI thihk     Part of speech: adjective Definition: of, relating to, or designating the earliest period of human culture, characterized by the first use of stone tools. Back to "Words of the Week" Index Java man Syllables: Java man Pronunciation: ja vE maen     Part of speech: noun Definition: a prehistoric human known from fossilized skeleton parts found in Java, thought to be from the late Pleistocene period; pithecanthropus. Back to "Words of the Week" Index Neanderthal Syllables: Ne-an-der-thal Pronunciation: Oni aen dEr thawl; Oni aen dEr tal     Part of speech: adjective Definition: designating an early form of human of the Pleistocene period.     Part of speech: noun Definition: 1. a Neanderthal human. Definition: 2. a crude, primitive person. Back to "Words of the Week" Index Neolithic Syllables: Ne-o-lith-ic Pronunciation: ni o lI thihk     Part of speech: adjective Definition: (sometimes l.c.) designating the latter part of the Stone Age, from about 8,000 B.C. to about 3,500 B.C., characterized by the use of polished stone tools and the beginnings of farming. Back to "Words of the Week" Index Paleolithic Syllables: Pa-le-o-lith-ic Pronunciation: pe li E lI thihk; pae li E lI thihk     Part of speech: adjective Definition: (sometimes l.c.) designating the earliest period of the Stone Age, from about 2 million B.C. to about 10,000 B.C., characterized by the use of primitive stone tools. Back to "Words of the Week" Index