Oldowan stone tools

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Oldowan stone tools are some of the earliest known human-made stone implements, characterized by simple flaking techniques used by early hominins for cutting and processing tasks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleolithic technology ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
stone tool industry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mode 1 technology ⓘ
Oldowan industry ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
approximateEndDate about 1.2 million years ago ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Dmanisi, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi

Gona, Ethiopia ⓘ
Hadar, Ethiopia ⓘ
Koobi Fora, Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Koobi Fora

Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Olduvai Gorge

Ubeidiya, Israel ⓘ
associatedWith cognitive development in early Homo ⓘ
early meat-eating behavior ⓘ
expansion of hominins out of Africa ⓘ
characterizedBy irregular core shapes ⓘ
large cutting edges ⓘ
simple flaking techniques ⓘ
unifacial flaking ⓘ
culturalSignificance earliest widely accepted stone tool tradition ⓘ
earliestEvidenceDate about 2.6 million years ago ⓘ
earliestEvidencePlace Gona, Ethiopia ⓘ
evidenceType cut marks on animal bones ⓘ
lithic artifacts ⓘ
use-wear analysis ⓘ
followedBy Acheulean stone tools ⓘ
geographicDistribution Africa ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ
includes choppers ⓘ
cores ⓘ
flakes ⓘ
pounded pieces ⓘ
scrapers ⓘ
madeFrom basalt ⓘ
chert ⓘ
flint ⓘ
local cobbles and pebbles ⓘ
quartz ⓘ
manufacturingTechnique direct freehand percussion ⓘ
hard hammer percussion ⓘ
namedAfter Olduvai Gorge ⓘ
precededBy Lomekwian stone tools ⓘ
primaryFunction breaking bones for marrow ⓘ
butchering animal carcasses ⓘ
cutting meat ⓘ
processing plant materials ⓘ
technologicalComplexity relatively simple ⓘ
timePeriodEnd early Middle Pleistocene ⓘ
timePeriodStart Lower Paleolithic ⓘ
toolMorphology limited standardization of shapes ⓘ
simple, chunky forms ⓘ
usedBy Homo erectus ⓘ
Homo habilis ⓘ
Paranthropus species ⓘ
linked to: Paranthropus

early Homo ⓘ
early hominins ⓘ

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Swartkrans → knownFor → Oldowan stone tools ⓘ
Dmanisi → archaeologicalCulture → Oldowan-like industry ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
Koobi Fora → knownFor → Oldowan stone tools ⓘ
Koobi Fora → toolIndustryEvidence → Oldowan ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
Oldowan stone tools → alsoKnownAs → Oldowan industry ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
Swartkrans → toolIndustry → Oldowan ⓘ
subject linked to: SK
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
Homo rudolfensis → associatedWith → Oldowan stone tool culture (indirectly) ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
Homo antecessor → associatedWith → Oldowan-like industry ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
Homo habilis → associatedTechnology → Oldowan stone tools ⓘ
Soanian culture → comparedWith → Oldowan industry ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
Skull 5 → associatedWith → Oldowan stone tools at Dmanisi ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools