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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:artifacts
stone tool industry
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Oldowan
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Homo_rudolfensis
gptkb:Homo_sapiens
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Paleolithic
archaeology
stone tools
prehistoric technology
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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scrapers
choppers
cores
simple stone flakes
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:Louis_Leakey
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1930s
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gptkbp:existedUntil
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about 1.7 million years ago
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gptkbp:firstAppearance
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about 2.6 million years ago
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Acheulean_tools
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gptkbp:foundIn
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gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:South_Asia
gptkb:Gona,_Ethiopia
gptkb:Olduvai_Gorge,_Tanzania
East Africa
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gptkbp:function
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butchering animals
cracking bones for marrow
processing plant material
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Oldowan tools
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gptkbp:material
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granite
quartz
flint
obsidian
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Olduvai_Gorge
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gptkbp:period
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Lower Paleolithic
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Lomekwian_tools
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gptkbp:significance
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earliest widespread stone tool technology
marks beginning of archaeological record
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gptkbp:technology
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percussion flaking
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gptkbp:usedBy
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gptkb:Homo_habilis
gptkb:Australopithecus
gptkb:Paranthropus
early Homo species
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Olduvai_Gorge
gptkb:Homo_habilis
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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