Mankind's ancestors may have exchanged ostrich eggshell beads with one another, the "Stone Age versions of Facebook or Twitter ‘likes,'" according to a new study. The research, published in the ...

Archeologists have learned a lot about our ancestors by rummaging through their garbage piles, which contain evidence of their diet and population levels as the local flora and fauna changed over time ...

Hunter-gatherers strung a social safety net across much of southern Africa starting at least 33,000 years ago, a new study suggests. And it was held together with ostrich eggshell beads. Some of these ...

Scientists have discovered what they believe to be a 50,000-year-old social network—perhaps the world’s earliest—thanks to pieces of Stone Age jewelry scattered across southern and eastern Africa.

Humans are social creatures, but little is known about when, how, and why different populations connected in the past. Answering these questions is crucial for interpreting the biological and cultural ...

Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by human early ancestors. A team of researchers with members from several institutions ...

Archeologists have found an ancient connection between populations in Africa. Using ostrich eggshells (OES) beads to study ancient social networks, a team from Max Planck Institute for the Science of ...

Abstracts in English and French, p. 35. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!514076~!0#focus ...

Dating early human middens becomes uncertain beyond 50,000 years, when radiocarbon dating ceases to be useful. Uranium-series dating of marine shells and bone is uncertain by some 10% because of the ...

New archeological study shows ancient connection between populations 3,000 km apart, and provides first direct link between climate change and ancient human social behavior. Humans are social ...