Oldowan

adjective

Ol·​do·​wan

ˈäldəwən

: of or belonging to a Lower and Middle Pleistocene culture of East Africa characterized by crude pebble choppers, scrapers, and hand axes

Word History

Etymology

Oldoway gorge, Tanganyika + English -an

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