Oldowan Pebble Tools

question 39

Multiple Choice

Oldowan pebble tools

• A) were found at the same site and stratigraphic layer as the Ardipithecus kadabba fossils, dramatically pushing back in time the onset of stone tool use to the late Miocene.
• B) contain evidence that they were used on fellow hominins, providing the earliest evidence of human warfare and cannibalism.
• C) include elaborate axes and spears.
• D) were also used to decorate burial sites, suggesting very early symbolic thought.
• E) represent the oldest formally recognized stone tools.