Oldowan
Speech parts
1. Oldowan - Noun
2. Oldowan - Adjective
Meaning
Oldowan (not comparable)
(archaeology) Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.
Oldowan (plural Oldowans)
A member of the prehistoric culture that made these stone tools.
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A Homo fossil was found near some Oldowan tools, and its age was noted at 2.3 million years old, suggesting that maybe the Homo species did indeed create and use these tools.
As chimpanzees sometimes naturally use percussion to extract or prepare food in the wild, and may use either unmodified stones or stones that they have split, creating an Oldowan tool, the tradition may well be far older than its current record.
Oldowan out of Africa Tools of the Oldowan tradition first came to archaeological attention in Europe, where, being intrusive and not well defined, compared to the Acheulean, they were puzzling to archaeologists.
Although most Mode 2 tools are easily distinguished from Mode 1, there is a close similarity of some Oldowan and some Acheulean, which can lead to confusion.
Most paleoanthropologists agree that the early Homo species were indeed responsible for most of the Oldowan tools found.
Oldowan in Africa main The earliest documented stone tools have been found in eastern Africa, manufacturers unknown, at the 3.3 million year old site of Lomekwi 3 in Kenya.