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Oldowan meaning

Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.

Using Oldowan

  • The main meaning on this page is: Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.
  • In the example corpus, oldowan often appears in combinations such as: the oldowan, some oldowan, oldowan tools.

Context around Oldowan

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

old 1×

Often after:

tools 3× tradition 1× toolkit 1× tool 1× stone 1× pebble 1×

Sentence patterns with Oldowan

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

creating an oldowan tool the 1× end of oldowan in africa 1× near some oldowan tools and 1× of some oldowan and some 1× of the oldowan tools found 1× of the oldowan tradition first 1× oldowan in africa 1× oldowan out of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a homo fossil 1× although most mode 1× as chimpanzees sometimes 1× most paleoanthropologists agree 1× oldowan in africa 1× oldowan out of 1×

Common sentence endings:

3 in kenya 1× after olduvai gorge 1× habilis homo erectus 1× hanech in 1992 1× human stone tools 1× its current record 1×

Words around Oldowan

Just before it in the word index:

oldness 2 oldmeldrum 7 oldman 56 oldish 2 olding 12 oldies 49

Just after it in the word index:

oldpark 2 oldrich 3 oldridge 2 oldroyd 12 olds 599 oldskool 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Oldowan

  • In this selection, "oldowan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, old, tools, tradition and toolkit stand out and add context to how "oldowan" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include creating an oldowan tool the and end of oldowan in africa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "oldowan" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with oldowan

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Some Oldowan tools are more carefully prepared to form a more regular edge. (13 words)

Use of tools "A sharp rock", an Oldowan pebble tool, the most basic of human stone tools. (17 words)

The artifacts, Plummer said, were clearly part of the stone-age technological breakthrough that was the Oldowan toolkit. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

As chimpanzees sometimes naturally use percussion to extract or prepare food in the wild, and may use either unmodified stones or stones that they have split, creating an Oldowan tool, the tradition may well be far older than its current record. (41 words)

A Homo fossil was found near some Oldowan tools, and its age was noted at 2.3 million years old, suggesting that maybe the Homo species did indeed create and use these tools. (33 words)

Oldowan out of Africa Tools of the Oldowan tradition first came to archaeological attention in Europe, where, being intrusive and not well defined, compared to the Acheulean, they were puzzling to archaeologists. (32 words)

Example sentences (12)

Oldowan out of Africa Tools of the Oldowan tradition first came to archaeological attention in Europe, where, being intrusive and not well defined, compared to the Acheulean, they were puzzling to archaeologists.

The artifacts, Plummer said, were clearly part of the stone-age technological breakthrough that was the Oldowan toolkit.

A Homo fossil was found near some Oldowan tools, and its age was noted at 2.3 million years old, suggesting that maybe the Homo species did indeed create and use these tools.

Although most Mode 2 tools are easily distinguished from Mode 1, there is a close similarity of some Oldowan and some Acheulean, which can lead to confusion.

As chimpanzees sometimes naturally use percussion to extract or prepare food in the wild, and may use either unmodified stones or stones that they have split, creating an Oldowan tool, the tradition may well be far older than its current record.

Most paleoanthropologists agree that the early Homo species were indeed responsible for most of the Oldowan tools found.

Oldowan in Africa main The earliest documented stone tools have been found in eastern Africa, manufacturers unknown, at the 3.3 million year old site of Lomekwi 3 in Kenya.

Prehistory main Evidence of the early human occupation of Algeria is demonstrated by the discovery of 1.8 million year old Oldowan stone tools found at Ain Hanech in 1992.

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Some Oldowan tools are more carefully prepared to form a more regular edge.

These were the first examples of the oldest human technology ever discovered in Africa, and were subsequently known throughout the world as Oldowan after Olduvai Gorge.

Towards the end of Oldowan in Africa a new species appeared over the range of Homo habilis: Homo erectus.

Use of tools "A sharp rock", an Oldowan pebble tool, the most basic of human stone tools.

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Common combinations with oldowan

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Oldowan means: Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.
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