Oldowan

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The Oldowan (or Mode I) was a widespread stone tool archaeological industry during the early Lower Paleolithic spanning the late Pliocene and the first half of the Early Pleistocene. These early tools were simple, usually made by chipping one, or a few, flakes off a stone using another stone.

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Image: José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) —> Locutus Borg, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.