Meaning of paleo in English

paleo

adjective [ usually before noun ]

/ˈpæl.i.oʊ/ uk

/ˈpæl.i.əʊ/

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relating to or typical of the ancient period when people used tools and weapons made of stone:

It is one of the finest collections of post-glacial paleo material in the country.

He is paleo curator at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

based on foods similar to those that would have been eaten in the paleo period:

She follows a paleo diet high in fruit, nuts, and lean meat, with no grains and no processed food.

I thought you might like this paleo bread recipe.

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In reconstructing the paleo climate, we provide archaeologists with the climate in which the Mayans lived.
We know from paleo reconstructions that rates of ice melting of the order of meters per century are indeed possible.
She bought me a cookbook on how to make paleo desserts.
I especially like the suggestions for stocking a paleo kitchen.

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Diets & dieting

paleo

adverb

/ˈpæl.i.oʊ/ uk

/ˈpæl.i.əʊ/

eating foods similar to those that would have been eaten in the paleo period:

I went paleo in November and feel much better.

We've been eating paleo for six weeks.

paleo-

prefix

science US specialized (UK palaeo-)

/peɪ.li.oʊ-/ uk

/pæl.i.əʊ-/

ancient; from a time before history was being recorded:

paleobotany

a paleontologist

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The figures are based on paleoclimate data.
paleontological sites on the African continent
the middle of the paleolithic period

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Ancient history: before 500 AD

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(Definition of paleo from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of paleo

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If 2014 was the year of the paleo diet, what diets are we likely to hear about this year?

From Business Insider

Some of my anthropologist colleagues refer to this pining for a pristine past as a paleo-fantasy.

From NPR

The one illustration that will raise a lot of eyebrows in the paleo community at least, is featured above.

From National Geographic

Look on chat boards devoted to the protein-rich paleo diet, and you'll find debates on the nutritional benefits of caribou eyes.

From NPR

To address these questions, the field of paleo-epigenetics needs to find a way to robustly apply bisulfite sequencing methods on a population-scale.

From Huffington Post

There is further abundant paleo evidence/studies that the area has been devastated many times going back hundreds of years.

From CNN

Using this database, the scientists determined the flow pattern for the past 9,000 years -- in effect creating a "paleo-velocity" map.

From Phys.Org

I could argue that the more genuine "paleo" diet was vegetarian.

From NPR

Some of them, in fact, take a paleo-lifestyle to startling lengths.

From NPR

But the paleo-movement seems to doom (even if unintentionally) more animals to life and death in factory farms.

From NPR

Paleo understandings in diet and life style is now becoming mainstream and only from this will our soils be replenished.

From TIME

Of course paleo diet devotees will not have to worry as grains and bread are banned from their vocabulary -- and mouths.

From Business Insider

These nuggets could easily come from a paleo lifestyle blog, the kind that argues our modern diet and way of life are making us sick.

From NPR

It's a connection that paleo-diet gurus have embraced, too.

From NPR

Are paleo diets, which usually involve eating lots of meat and avoiding grains or dairy, examples of this type of specific selection?

From Slate Magazine

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