Additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa

d'Errico, Francesco; Vanhaeren, Marian; Barton, Nick; Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil; Mienis, Henk; Richter, Daniel; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; P. McPherron, Shannon; Lozouet, Pierre

doi:10.1073/pnas.0903532106

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Additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa

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Authors:

Francesco d'Errico

Marian Vanhaeren

Nick Barton

Abstract

Recent investigations into the origins of symbolism indicate that personal ornaments in the form of perforated marine shell beads were used in the Near East, North Africa, and SubSaharan Africa at least 35 ka earlier than any personal ornaments in Europe. Together with instances of pigment use, engr...

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