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Oldest Known Shell Beads
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Age:
About 135,000 to 100,000 years old
Site:
Skhūl, Israel
These are the world's oldest known shell beads.
Image Credit:
James Di Loreto, & Donald H. Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution
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