Etymology

Oldowan

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Today it means: Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory. Full definition →

Maasai Olduvai
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The story

  1. Maasai · derived fromOlduvai
  2. English todayOldowan

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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