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To: koan who wrote (236411)11/1/2013 12:53:49 PM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) of 542689
 
re...40,000 bp art (form)

much older...much...much

sciencedaily.com

Aug. 27, 2009 — Shell beads newly unearthed from four sites in Morocco confirm early humans were consistently wearing and potentially trading symbolic jewelry as early as 80,000 years ago. These beads add significantly to similar finds dating back as far as 110,000 in Algeria, Morocco, Israel and South Africa, confirming these as the oldest form of personal ornaments. This crucial step towards modern culture is reported this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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