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The 26 pages that link to Oldowan, each with the reason it gives.

• Homo erectusCompared with: Its simpler tools contrast with the handaxes common in later Homo erectus contexts.

• AcheuleanCompared with: The Oldowan precedes the Acheulean and provides a contrast in tool forms.

• Stone toolBroader topic: Oldowan assemblages document widespread early stone-tool production.

• Homo habilisRelated: Oldowan tools occur at sites associated with Homo habilis, though their makers are not securely identified.

• PaleolithicBroader topic: Oldowan tools represent an early technological tradition within the Paleolithic.

• Hunter-gathererBroader topic: Its tools document early hominin resource processing and adaptation.

• Olduvai GorgeBroader topic: Olduvai’s lower beds preserve key examples used to define this archaeological industry.

• Lithic reductionBroader topic: Oldowan assemblages provide some of the earliest evidence of systematic stone reduction.

• Louis LeakeyBroader topic: Leakey’s excavations at Olduvai helped define and date this tool tradition.

• Lithic technologyBroader topic: Its assemblages provide some of the earliest evidence of deliberate stone-tool production.

• Mary LeakeyRelated: Her Olduvai excavations documented tools alongside the region’s hominin fossils.

• Lomekwi 3Compared with: Its younger age and more standardized assemblages contrast with Lomekwi’s tools.

• KnifeBroader topic: Oldowan flakes are among the earliest known sharp-edged tools used for cutting.

• Koobi ForaRelated: Oldowan tools occur in Koobi Fora deposits alongside hominin fossils.

• Stone AgeBroader topic: Oldowan artifacts document a widespread early phase of stone technology.

• HomoRelated: Its appearance overlaps with early Homo, though toolmaking may have begun earlier.

• Lower PaleolithicBroader topic: It is among the earliest recognized tool industries in the Lower Paleolithic.

• Paranthropus robustusRelated: Oldowan tools occur at sites that also preserve P. robustus fossils.

• Tool (implement)Broader topic: Oldowan artifacts are among the earliest known deliberately made implements.

• Homo ergasterCompared with: Its simpler tool tradition preceded or overlapped the emergence of Homo ergaster.

• Australopithecus garhiRelated: Oldowan tools occur near the species’ time and region, without proving its makers’ identity.

• KnappingBroader topic: Oldowan assemblages preserve basic strategies of striking flakes from stone cores.

• History of weaponsBroader topic: Its sharp flakes show the early material technologies from which weapons could develop.

• Prehistoric AfricaBroader topic: Oldowan tools provide some of Africa’s earliest evidence of sustained stone-tool making.

• Prehistoric IberiaBroader topic: Oldowan-like tools occur among the earliest evidence of human activity in Iberia.

• Sherwood WashburnBroader topic: Oldowan tools became evidence for testing behavioral hypotheses about early hominins.