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The beads may been strung on necklaces or braclets. C. Henshilwood

Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but shell necklaces were all the rage in the Stone Age. So say archaeologists who have unearthed what may be the oldest jewellery ever discovered.

The 75,000 year old beads were found in the Blombos Cave on the southern tip of South Africa. A team led by Christopher Henshilwood of the University of Bergen, Norway found over 40 pea sized shells with bored holes and worn areas showing that they had been strung on a necklace, bracelet or clothes.

The beads predate jewellery excavated from sites in Europe and Africa by at least 30,000 years, they report in Science1.

Much like a wedding ring pandora uk sale or priest's collar, such ornaments are thought to have indicated people's social status, and suggest that the cave dwellers had a relatively modern culture.

The beads add to other archaeological finds in the cave that pandora charms outlet point to the sophistication of the occupants. These include bone tools and 77,000 year old pieces of decorated ochre, which some think are the earliest examples of abstract artwork.

The fact that the beads were found in clusters strengthens the idea that they came from a piece of jewellery, says archaeologist Clive Gamble of the University of pandora jewelry 70% off clearance Southampton, UK. "Having so many is a lot more exciting than having just one," he says.

Culture club Anatomically modern humans are thought to have lived pandora jewelry outlet in Africa from at least 160,000 years ago. But there is much debate about when they acquired language and other aspects of modern culture.

Traces of red ochre on the beads may have come from paint or clothes. C. Henshilwood

The new finding strengthens the idea that at least some groups in Africa had developed such a culture by the middle Stone Age. They probably used language in order to explain the meaning of their bracelets and charms, says team member Francisco d'Errico of the Prehistory and Quaternary pandora sale Geology Institute of the University of Bordeaux in Talence, France.

The researchers believe that the mollusc shells were collected from coastal estuaries around 20 kilometres from the cave. Most were found in a layer of sand that has been accurately dated to around 75,000 years old. The orange and black beads carried traces of red ochre pigment that had either been painted pandora outlet on or that rubbed off from clothing.

Experts say that this or other sites may throw up even earlier jewellery and refine the date at which human culture advanced. "We haven't yet bottomed out in the oldest jewellery or art," says Gamble.

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