•Mysterious
middens some 3 km from Ibadan University were initially thought to be comparable to the East African Oldowan, created by unknown populations
•These have
recently been investigated by archaeologists (Allsworth-Jones 2008)
•Acheulian
hand-axes have now been re-identified as chocks for lorries to stop them rolling down the hill
•MSA ‘choppers’
are now known to be ‘Flying Wheel’ knife blades imported from China
•The Oldowan has been redated to 1900-1970 AD on the basis of potassium-argon dating
•Were these speakers of Pidgin or a wholly unknown language? We may never know