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Ol·do·wan (

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Of or relating to an early stage of African Paleolithic tool culture characterized by choppers and bifacial chopping tools.

[After the Oldoway (Olduvai) Gorge.]

Oldowan (

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Relating to the earliest recognized stage of Paleolithic tool culture, dating from around 2.5 to 1.5 million years ago and characterized by crude cores of quartz or basalt from which flakes were removed with blows from a hammerstone. Both the flaked cores and the flakes themselves were probably used as tools for such tasks as chopping, cutting, and scraping. Oldowan tools are associated with early Homo habilis sites at Olduvai Gorge, in Tanzania, and other East African locations; they may also have been made by late australopithecines. Oldowan tools show little change during the million years they were in use, and were gradually replaced by the Acheulian tools associated with Homo erectus.

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chopper core tool Homo habilis Paleolithic type site	In their new study, Dr Thomas Plummer of Queens College at the City University of New York and colleagues provide the first documentation of both at the 2-million-year-old Oldowan archeological site of Kanjera South, Kenya, which has yielded both Oldowan artifacts and well-preserved faunal remains, allowing researchers to reconstruct past ecosystems. Tool-making hominins inhabited grassland environments, reveals ... by Asian News International However, since the first stone tools were discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Ethiopia, the type of tools are referred to as Oldowan tools. IsHot Stones Create the Perfect Tools for Massages by Chris Turley / Health care industry community This first volume of the series reports on palaeolithic evidence about humans from the famous Oldowan Gorge in Africa, but also demonstrates a number of approaches to interpreting the evidence, including experiments using modern humans and other apes. The Oldowan; case studies into the earliest Stone Age by Reference & Research Book News	old-man's-beard old-man-and-woman old-man-of-the-woods old-school tie old-style old-time old-time dance old-timer old-womanish old-world Oldcastle olde olde worlde olde-worlde olden Oldenbarneveldt Oldenburg older oldfangled Oldfield Oldham oldie oldish oldline Oldness Oldowan Olds oldsquaw oldster oldtimer Olduvai Gorge oldwench oldwife OLE olé ole- olea Olea cunninghamii Olea europaea Olea lanceolata Oleaceae oleaceous oleaginous Oleaginousness Oleales Oleamen oleander oleander fern Oleandra Oleandra mollis Oleandra neriiformis	Oldhamite OLDI oldie oldie Oldie But Goodie Oldie Computer Club Ahlen Oldies OLDIR OLDIS oldish oldish oldish OLDL oldland oldline Oldlinux Oldlinux Oldman Oldman of the mountain Oldman of the mountain Oldman River Basin Water Quality Initiative Oldman River Canoe and Kayak Association Oldman River Intermunicipal Service Agency Oldmans Creek Watershed Association OLDN oldness oldness oldness oldness OLDOLD Oldowan Oldowan Industry OLDP OLDPS Oldrich Hujer Oldroyd Publishing Group Olds Olds Olds Olds Olds Club of Florida Olds College Centre for Innovation Olds College Faculty Association Olds College Students Association Olds Didsbury Flying Association Olds, Leland Olds, Ransom Oldschool Oldskool Oldsmar Community Band Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Club of America Oldspeak Oldspeak Oldspeak (Standard English) Oldspeak (Standard English) oldsquaw oldsquaws Oldstable (Debian) oldster

In their new study, Dr Thomas Plummer of Queens College at the City University of New York and colleagues provide the first documentation of both at the 2-million-year-old Oldowan archeological site of Kanjera South, Kenya, which has yielded both Oldowan artifacts and well-preserved faunal remains, allowing researchers to reconstruct past ecosystems.

Tool-making hominins inhabited grassland environments, reveals ... by Asian News International

However, since the first stone tools were discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Ethiopia, the type of tools are referred to as Oldowan tools.

IsHot Stones Create the Perfect Tools for Massages by Chris Turley / Health care industry community

This first volume of the series reports on palaeolithic evidence about humans from the famous Oldowan Gorge in Africa, but also demonstrates a number of approaches to interpreting the evidence, including experiments using modern humans and other apes.

The Oldowan; case studies into the earliest Stone Age by Reference & Research Book News

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