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Oldowan was assigned to habilis and Acheulean to erectus. Subsequent dates for H. erectus pushed the fossils back to well before the Acheulean; that is, H. erectus must have initially used Mode 1. There was no reason to think, therefore, that Developed Oldowan had to be habilis; it could have been erectus. Opponents of the view divide the Developed Oldowan between Oldowan and Acheulean. There is no question, however, that habilis and erectus coexisted, as habilis fossils have been found as late as 1.4 million years ago. Meanwhile,

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