Oldowan

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Maasai Olduvai, from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first Oldowan lithics were discovered in the 1930s.

Adjective[edit]

Oldowan (not comparable)

  1. (archaeology) Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.

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Noun[edit]

Oldowan (plural Oldowans)

  1. A member of the prehistoric culture that made these stone tools.