Marine shells used as ornaments 30,000 years ago have been discovered in cave in Spain’s Malaga

Marine shells used as ornaments 30,000 years ago have been discovered in cave in Spain’s Malaga
By Cristina Hodgson

RESEARCHERS have found up to thirteen marine and freshwater shells in the Ardales Cave that were ‘carefully transformed’ into ornaments between 25,000 and 30,000 years ago by the first Homo sapiens. According to a study recently published in the environmental scientific journal Environmental Archaeology, humans of the genus Homo sapiens wore necklaces and earrings made […]

June 5, 2023 at 12:15PM
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