Oldowan
English edit
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)
- (archaeology) Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.
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Noun edit
Oldowan (plural Oldowans)
- A member of the prehistoric culture that made these stone tools.