Meaning of Lomekwian | Babel Free

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Of or pertaining to the period when certain stone artefacts, found at the archaeological site Lomekwi 3 in Kenya, were manufactured and used, apparently by hominins prior to the emergence of genus Homo.

not-comparable

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“Makers of Lomekwian tools show⟳ less of an understanding of stone fracture mechanics and a reduced reliance on a free-hand technique than makers of Oldowan tools, the next oldest stone tool industry.”

“These Lomekwian tools, such as the one illustrated in Fig. 3.1, were an earth-shattering find⟳. They are hundreds of thousands of years older than the previously oldest stone tools found and they absolutely and unquestionably could not have⟳ been made by any human being (if your definition of human restricts itself to members of genus Homo, which did not come⟳ about until about half a million years later). Finally, these Lomekwian stone tools are of a different style than all previously known stone tools.”

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