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Because "Paleolithic people living in the place now known as France" is longer, clunkier and conveys the same meaning. It's also not really "inaccurate." We sa

by netcan 6y ago

Because "Paleolithic people living in the place now known as France" is longer, clunkier and conveys the same meaning. It's also not really "inaccurate." We say "Irish prehistory," native americans, etc.

pnako 6y ago
Paleolithic Europeans, or West-Europeans, would have been fine.
- netcan 6y ago
  How is that different, besides being less informative? They didn't call it europe.
  - pnako 6y ago
    France is an administrative concept, Europe a geographic one.