Qafzeh Cave, Israel (~120 ka): Glycymeris shells—naturally perforated, ochre-stained, with suspension wear—were carried 40–100 km inland and strung as ornaments. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Qafzeh #SymbolicBehavior
Paper: in-africa.org/wp-content/u...

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Pretty exciting record of #ochre (red/orange) close to #burials of #Levant #MiddlePalaeolithic at #Tinshemet

These are human populations contemporary to #Skhul and #Qafseh and we need more on the #fossils -- any H s/Nean admixing, cultural and genetic? […]