The Palaeolithic (or Paleolithic) was a period of prehistory when humans made stone tools. It was the first and longest part of the Stone Age. It began...

2.5 and 2.6 million years old. These stone tools closely resembled the Olduwan technology used by early humans. The tools are thought to be older than...

following teminology to describe three local industries: With the change from Olduwan to Acheulean technique, hominins got more of a return for a given output...