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 ...

Researchers can track cultural changes across ancient Africa by tracking the sizes of ostrich eggshell beads, according to a study published November 27, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by ...

Researchers present an expanded analysis of African ostrich eggshell beads, testing the hypothesis that larger beads signal the arrival of herders. The data reveals a more nuanced interpretation that ...

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 ...

JENA, GERMANY—Jennifer Miller of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and Elizabeth Sawchuk of Stony Brook University tested the idea that the size of beads made from ostrich ...

If you’re looking for an accessory that never goes out of fashion, you can probably do no better than ostrich eggshell beads. The oldest known examples of these tiny, Cheerio-like decorations, found ...

Maasai women from Laikipia County showcase beaded products in Nanyuki town after the county government opened a weekly Ushanga Day for women in the interior northern Laikipia to showcase the products.

Tiny glass beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent’s hinterland was built on ...

Ancient Social Safety Net in Africa Built on Beads | RealClearScience Some of these carefully crafted beads — excavated at two high-altitude rock-shelters in the African nation of Lesotho — were found ...