Oldowan pebble tools are recognized as some of the earliest forms of stone tools made by early humans. They consist of flakes, which were struck off from cores, often made from river pebbles. These tools represent the basic technology for cutting and scraping, rather than the more complex functions suggested by the other options.

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Oldowan Pebble Tools

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Oldowan pebble tools

A) are obviously manufactured stone tools that consist of flakes and cores.
B) were also used to decorate burial sites, suggesting very early symbolic thought.
C) 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.
D) show evidence that they were used on fellow hominins, providing the earliest evidence of human warfare and cannibalism.
E) include elaborate axes and spears.

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