Climate change, genetics or human choice: why were the shells of mankind’s earliest ornament larger in the Pleistocene than in the Holocene?

Climate change, genetics or human choice: why were the shells of mankind’s earliest ornament larger in the Pleistocene than in the Holocene?

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The southern African tick shell, Nassarius kraussianus (Dunker, 1846), has been identified as being the earliest known ornamental object used by human beings. Shell beads dated from ~75,000 years ago (Pleistocene era) were found in a cave located on South Africa's south coast. Beads made from N...

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Main Authors: Teske, Peter R, Papadopoulos, Isabelle, McQuaid, Christopher D, Newman, Brent K, Barker, Nigel P
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011984

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