This paper focuses on the empirical evidence for the cognitive abilities of early hominins of
the Oldowan Industrial Complex (c.≥ 2.6 to 1.4 Mya) on the African continent. It profiles …

The Oldowan was the term first coined by Louis Leakey to describe the world's earliest stone
industries, named after the famous site of Olduvai (formerly Oldoway) Gorge in Tanzania …

" Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for
the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from …

Inter-site technological variation in the archaeological record is one of the richest potential
sources of information about Plio-Pleistocene hominid behavior and evolution. However …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

This review traces the colonization of Eurasia by hominids some 1,700,000 years ago and
their subsequent evolution there to 10,000 years ago from a carnivorous perspective. Three …

Published evidence of Oldowan stone exploitation generally supports the conclusion that
patterns of raw material use were determined by local availability. This is contradicted by the …

In this paper, we focus on the description of the Olduvai Bed I and II assemblages linked to
percussion activities. Our revision of the sites excavated by Leakey [Excavations in Beds I …

The Oldowan technology has traditionally been assumed to reflect technical simplicity and
limited planning by Plio-Pleistocene hominids. The analysis of the Oldowan technology from …

Abstract The phrase “Developed Oldowan”(DO) was originally coined by M. Leakey to
describe a technologically “advanced Oldowan” artifact tradition, that preceded the …