Oldest known jewellery discovered
Beads made from shells represent earliest personal adornment.
It can take hundreds of beads to make a single bracelet, and thousands for a haute couture gown. But it has taken only three shell beads to shake up our theories about human evolution.
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This article is really one more element supporting an analysis I made concerning the continuity of Human Culture development. I have posted the first draft in the Forum PALANTH and then refined this analysis on my own webpage under the title:
"Radical or progressive evolution? The case of “Savant syndrome”."
(January 2004, revised january 2005)
Along the continuous evolution of human culture, my hypothesis is that there were exceptionnal talents expressing themselves sporadically. Just like thoughout history: a few extraordinary personnalities trancend the ambiant culture, producing art that is "outside" the main stream".
The article by Vanhaeren M., et al. definitely shows that human culture evolved since a very long period before the European upper palaetlothic marvels of Chauvet or Vogelheart, circa 32 K years BP.
I'd be interested to have comments on my analysis.
(http://pagesperso.laposte.net/autismeprehistoire/art_evolution_or_revolution.htm)
Paul TREHIN
Posted by: Paul TREHIN | June 22, 2006 11:18 PM