relating to or denoting an early Lower Palaeolithic culture of Africa, dated to about 2.0-1.5 million years ago. It is characterized by primitive stone tools that are associated chiefly with Homo habilis.
(as noun the Oldowan) the Oldowan culture or period.
Origin:
1930s: from Oldoway, alteration of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, + -an
Oldowan in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of Oldowan in the US English dictionary
