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palaeo- ( paleo-) British & World English

older or ancient, especially relating to the geological past

Palaeo-Eskimo ( Paleo-Eskimo) British & World English

a member of the earliest prehistoric Inuit people, inhabiting the Arctic from Greenland to Siberia

Palaeo-Indian British & World English

relating to or denoting the earliest human inhabitants of the Americas, to circa 5000 bc. The date of their first arrival in America is debated (possibly up to 30,000 or 40,000 years ago, but artefacts do not become numerous until the Clovis period)

Palaeo-Siberian British & World English

denoting or belonging to a group of languages spoken in eastern Siberia, formerly thought to constitute a phylum or superfamily. The most important is Chukchi

the Palaeo-Indian in Palaeo-Indian British & World English

the Palaeo-Indian culture or period