Oldowan+Tools

=What are the key features of Oldowan tools? Which species are thought to have used these tools?=

This tools was made 2.6 to 1.5 million years ago by our first ancestor that started making tools which is the //Homo habilis//(handyman). The oldowan is the first tool to be made by the homo habilis it has been seen that there was not much changes in the tools for a long period of time as the oldowan tools were useful and the homo habilis didn't think that any changes needed to be made as it satisfied them. The oldowan tools are made from simple river-worn pebbles that were crudely fashioned with a minimum of flakes being removed. These tools typically had flakes knocked from several angles to produce a core with a cutting edge(eg.Chopper, Discoid, Polyhedron and Proto-biface. Although the cores may have been used as tools it is known the sharp flakes were also useful in cutting.

Amelia and Mi Yoen



Also, you may view how the Oldowan tool was made by the the bonobo(Kanzi) from the following link []