Middle Stone Age Shell Beads from South Africa

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Apr 2004 France English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 304, pages 404-404 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

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Authors: Henshilwood, Christopher; d'Errico, Francesco; Vanhaeren, Marian; van Niekerk, Karen; Jacobs, Zenobia;

doi: 10.1126/science.1095905

pmid: 15087540

Middle Stone Age Shell Beads from South Africa

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Abstract

There are two competing models for the emergence of modern human behavior: first, a late emergence in Africa or Eurasia at ∼50 to 40 thousand years ago (ka), and second, a gradual transition in Africa between 250 to 50 ka ([ 1 ][1]). In both models, personal ornaments and art are unquestioned

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Keywords

Symbolism, Middle Stone Age, [SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Blombos Cave, Culture, Snails, South Africa, Archaeology, personal ornaments, Animals, Humans, perforated shell, Social Behavior, Art

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