Fossil Jewelry


80,000-year-old Beads Shed Light on Early Culture Live Science - June 18, 2007

Oldest Jewelry Found in Morocco Cave National Geographic - June 7, 2007

Study reveals 'oldest jewellery' BBC - June 22, 2006

The earliest known pieces of jewelery made by modern humans have been identified by scientists. The three shell beads are between 90,000 and 100,000 years old, according to an international research team.

Africa: Cave yields 'earliest jewelery' BBC - April 2004

The oldest pieces of jewelery made by modern humans have emerged in Africa. Shell beads found in Blombos Cave on the southern tip of the continent are 75,000 years old, scientists say. The pea-sized items all have similar holes which would have allowed them to be strung together into a necklace or bracelet, the researchers believe.

Tanzia: Ostrich beads indicate early symbolic thought MSNBC - April 2004

Stone Age beadscould be the strongest evidence yet that humans developed sophisticated symbolic thought much earlier than once thought by wearing decorative beads. Ostrich-eggshell beads recovered from a site in Tanzania are believed to be about 70,000 years old. The find sustains the theory that modern human behavior originated in Africa and much earlier than many experts believe.



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