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Oldowan — Zeitalter: Steinzeit – Altpaläolithikum Absolut: ca. 2,6 – 1,5 Millionen Jahre vor heute Ausdehnung Afrika, Europa, Eurasien, Na … Deutsch Wikipedia
Oldowan — [ôl′də wän΄, ôl′dəwən; äl′də wän΄, äl′də wən] adj. [after Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, where remains have been found] designating or of the oldest known Lower Paleolithic culture, characterized by pebble tools usually flaked in two directions to form … English World dictionary
Oldowan — The Stone Age This box: view · talk · edit ↑ before Homo (Pliocene) … Wikipedia
Oldowan industry — Stone tool industry of the early Paleolithic (beginning с 2.5 million years ago) characterized by crudely worked pebble tools. Oldowan tools, made of quartz, quartzite, or basalt, are chipped in two directions to form simple, rough implements for … Universalium
Oldowan — Ol|do|wan das; s <nach der Oldowayschlucht in Nordtansania (Afrika)> Geröllgerätekultur des frühen ↑Pleistozäns in Afrika … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Oldowan — [ ɒldə(ʊ)wən] adjective Archaeology relating to or denoting an early Lower Palaeolithic culture of Africa, dated to about 2.0–1.5 million years ago. Origin 1930s: from Oldoway, alt. of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, + an … English new terms dictionary
oldowan — ol·do·wan … English syllables
oldowan — ˈäldəwən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Oldoway gorge, Tanganyika + English an : of or belonging to a Lower and Middle Pleistocene culture of East Africa characterized by crude pebble choppers, scrapers, and hand axes … Useful english dictionary
Lithic tool evolution — Oldowan Tools Lithic tool evolution started around 2.6 million years ago in the Afar triangle with the introduction of the Oldowan tool tradition. While this may not be the oldest Oldowan tool use, it is the oldest we currently know of. Hominids… … Wikipedia
Chopper (archaeology) — Oldowan to 1.7 million years before our era Hadar Archaeologists define a chopper as a pebble tool with an irregular cutting edge formed through the removal of flakes from one side of a stone. They are crude forms of stone tool and are found in… … Wikipedia
