Beads reveal long-distance connections in early Africa

Benjamin R. Collins () and Amy Hatton ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 601, issue 7892, 199-200

Abstract: Beads made from ostrich eggshells, produced by people over the past 50,000 years, provide evidence for a long period of social connection between eastern and southern Africa, followed by isolation and then reconnection.

Keywords: Archaeology; Anthropology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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