'The world's oldest manufactured beads' are older than previously thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists has uncovered some of the world`s earliest shell ornaments in a limestone cave in Eastern Morocco. The researchers have found 47 examples of Nassarius marine shells, most of them perforated and including examples covered in red ochre, at the Grotte des Pigeons at Taforalt.

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