Post by L Roebuck on Jun 6, 2007 7:42:14 GMT -5
World's oldest bling discovered
John Pickrell
Cosmos Online
SYDNEY: The oldest undisputed decorative seashells ever found – dating back 82,000 years – have been discovered in a cave in Morocco. They push back the earliest known date of human use of symbolism.
The shells were found near Berkane in the east of the country, said Abdeljalil Bouzouggar a researcher at the Morocco's National Institute for Archaeological Sciences.
Until recently no such shell decorations older than 50,000 years were thought to exist in Africa. Though in 2002 the discovery in South Africa of perforated shells dating back 75,000 years had "shaken" that view, said Bouzouggar.
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John Pickrell
Cosmos Online
SYDNEY: The oldest undisputed decorative seashells ever found – dating back 82,000 years – have been discovered in a cave in Morocco. They push back the earliest known date of human use of symbolism.
The shells were found near Berkane in the east of the country, said Abdeljalil Bouzouggar a researcher at the Morocco's National Institute for Archaeological Sciences.
Until recently no such shell decorations older than 50,000 years were thought to exist in Africa. Though in 2002 the discovery in South Africa of perforated shells dating back 75,000 years had "shaken" that view, said Bouzouggar.
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