ANTH 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Olduvai Gorge, Kamoya Kimeu, Laetoli
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Stone tools from gona, ethiopia (2. 6 mya 1st evidence of the earliest tools) Oldowan industry: the oldowan industry is the oldest known-stone tool industry. 2. 5mya, these tools are a major milestone in human evolution history: the earliest evidence of cultural behavior. Nariokotome - homo erectus skeleton lake turkana, kenya, 1. 6 mya, 12-year-old boy. Olduvai - site in tanzania full of early stone tools. Butchering locality; site has large mammal species, ancient elephant remains, and stone tools: 2. Quarry locality; thousands of pieces of stone debris; no/few animal bone: 3. Multi-purpose locality; broken bones, stone tools and stone debris, as well as disrupted campsites. Gona; site in ethiopia for stone tools mentioned in lecture 02 - african origins. The site where the earliest stone tools were found. Laetoli; the levallois footprints; one of the first archaeological sites in the world. Louis and his wife mary searched for proof of human ancestors. Richard was their son who also explored with them.
