acheulean meaning

or Acheulian /ə-shooˈli-ən/
  adjective
  Belonging to an early Palaeolithic culture above the Chellean and below the Mousterian
  ORIGIN: Saint Acheul near Amiens, France, where implements of this period are found in river deposits

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1. Opponents of the view divide Developed Oldowan between Oldowan and Acheulean.
2. Acheulean cleavers resemble handaxes but with the pointed end truncated away.
3. Primitive cleaver-producing Acheulean groups around 0 . 8 Ma.
4. The earliest Acheulean sites in Europe appear around 0 . 5 mya.
5. In addition, the Acheulean tradition did not spread to Eastern Asia.