`:I agree with Yee.  I suggest that the word 'history' does imply a date, even according to Wikipedia itself.  Under wikiarticle 'history', we note :``Historians limit their study to events that have been recorded since the introduction of the`` :``earliest known written and historical records, notably the Narmer Palette of circa 3200 BC.`` :``Events before then are called prehistory, a period informed by the fields of palaeontology`` :``and archaeology.`` :For this reason, that Paleolithic first sentence sounds inconsistent with what we academically and casually define as history.  There are many other indicators that the word 'history' implies a connection with written records or archaeological records: for instance, when we say 'ancient history of china', we don't talk start by talking about its paleolithic era, but instead about state formation in Chou dynasty.    `