Oldowan
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English
Etymology
From Maasai Olduvai, from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first Oldowan lithics were discovered in the 1930s.
Adjective
Oldowan (not comparable)
- (archaeology) Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.
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Noun
Oldowan (plural Oldowans)
- A member of the prehistoric culture that made these stone tools.