Lower Paleolithic

extinct species of the genus Homo

earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age

extinct species of archaic humans (Homo)

thumb|upright=1.2|A cordiform biface as commonly found in the Acheulean (replica) thumb|upright=1.2|Acheulean hand-axes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron, and ovate. thumb|upright=1.2|Depiction of a Terra Amata (archaeological site)|Terra Amata hut in [[Nice, France dated to 400 thousand years ago, as postulated by Henry de Lumley.]] Acheulean (; also Acheulian and Mode II), from the French after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand axes" associat

extinct species of hominins marking the boundary between Australopiths and Homo erectus

Saint-Acheul (; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is not to be confused with Saint-Acheul, a suburb of Amiens after which the Acheulean archaeological culture of the Lower Paleolithic is named.

The Oldowan (or Mode I) was a widespread stone tool archaeological industry during the early Lower Paleolithic spanning the late Pliocene and the first half of the Early Pleistocene. These early tools were simple, usually made by chipping one, or a few, flakes off a stone using another stone. Oldowan tools were used during a period spanning from 2.9 million years ago up until at least 1.7 million years ago (Ma), by ancient hominins (early humans) across much of Africa. This technological industry was followed by the more sophisticated Acheulean industry (two sites associated with Homo erectus

species of mammal

cave with prehistoric art

Archaeological site

Lower Paleolithic site in the Gilan Province in northern Iran

Olorgesailie is a geological formation in East Africa, on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in southern Kenya, southwest of Nairobi along the road to Lake Magadi. It contains a group of Lower Paleolithic archaeological sites. Olorgesailie is noted for the large number of Acheulean hand axes discovered there that are associated with animal butchering. According to the National Museums of Kenya, the finds are internationally significant for archaeology, palaeontology, and geology.

locality near the extinct Roccamonfina volcano in northern Campania, Italy