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| Oldowan industry (mode 1) (CHFS) |
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Definition
3.4 MYA (debated). 2.5 MYA.
-flake tools
-Cores, Hammerstones, Flakes, Spheroids.
-cut on ONE side (flake).
-H. habilis, ergaster, A. africanus and all robusts. |
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| very limited, almost always non-processed tools (aka stuff found in the wild). |
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-1.7 MYA
-cut on TWO sides (biface)
-axes, cleavers, picks
-sharp edges all around and predefined (pre thought-out) shape.
-H. erectus and H. ergaster |
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very debated, difficult to deduce when it was used.
-evidence of control of fire, but not of making it. |
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