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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of the prehistoric culture that made these stone tools.

Adjective

1. 1
   Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

abbevillianabbevillian

Etymology

From Maasai Olduvai, from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first Oldowan lithics were discovered in the 1930s.

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