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