Between 2.5 and 1.3 million years ago, hominids developed a culture known as the Oldowan, characterized by a highly efficient lithic industry. Some of the Oldowan technologies persisted until the Neolithic period. The tools were crafted on a pebble support using uni-, bi-, or multidirectional removals to create choppers, chopping tools, or polyhedras. The flakes […]







