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Title: Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old?
Post by: rangerrebew on August 07, 2017, 08:42:10 am

Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old?
By The Siberian Times reporter
02 August 2017

Startling new scientific evidence is to be reviewed by international experts which - if true - would transform our knowledge of the skills and sophistication of early man.

A stunning discovery by team of Novosibirsk Institute of Archeology and Ethnography. Picture: Anatoly Derevyanko

It is already known as the oldest stone bracelet in the world, believed to have been made not by ancient Homo sapiens but the extinct Denisovan species of early humans,  and previously  dated as being between 40,000 - 50,000 years old.

http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/could-this-stunning-bracelet-be-65000-to-70000-years-old/

Title: Re: Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old?
Post by: DB on August 07, 2017, 08:53:18 am

Hmmm....