It is associated with Early hominins 1. Oldowan tools are found at several sites in East Africa and at Sterkfontain and Swartkrans in southern Africa. It is unclear whether the animals were hunted or whether they were scavenged. One interpretation is that they are home bases. Some sites were stone procurement sites with few bones.
Some sites have few to ols assoicated with the bones of a single large animal.
Current thinking i s that it is Homo habilis that made the tools. Oldowan site date from 2.5 - 1.5 million years ago. Oldowan tools a. Manuports. These are unmodified stones brought to a site from another locality. T hese are stones damaged while being used to flake other stones.