by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 10, 2007 | Beads, Infants, Ochre, Prehistoric humans, Preserved animals, Twins
Twenty-seven thousand years ago, a human parent or parents buried their ten-month-old twins. They decorated their babies with red ochre and jewellery, and sheltered them under the shoulder blade of a mammoth. The huge animal scapula protected the infants, and their...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 27, 2007 | Beads, First human..., Material culture, Ochre
Shell beads that were once strung together and covered in red ochre have been found in Grotte des Pigeons, Morocco. The beads date to 82,000 years ago, five thousand years older than similar artifacts found in South Africa’s Blombos Caves (previously...
