English Explanatory Dictionary

Lomekwian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. 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.
name
  1. A loosely defined period, approximately 3.3 million years ago, characterised by the manufacture and use of the tools found at Lomekwi 3.

Word forms

Lomekwian

Etymology

From Lomekwi + -an, after the archaeological site Lomekwi 3 in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. From no earlier than 2015, the year of publication of the discovery.

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