Ostrich Eggshell Beads Were Exchanged between Ancient Hunter-Gatherers (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ostrich Eggshell Beads Were Exchanged between Ancient Hunter-Gatherers

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Ostrich eggshell beads were exchanged between ancient hunter-gatherers living in distant, ecologically diverse regions of southern Africa, including deserts and high mountains.

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Image courtesy of Brian A. Stewart, Yuchao Zhao, and the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology/John Klausmeyer

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