pre-chellean

pre-chellean
\(ˈ)prē+\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: pre- + Chellean
: of, relating to, or constituting a Lower Pleistocene culture preceding the Abbevillian and characterized by crudely flaked stone hand axes and rostrocarinates

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