Ostrich eggshell beads reveal 10,000 years of cultural interaction across Africa. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 21, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 11 / 191127161512.htm ...

Ornament production really took off about 50,000 years ago, when we see the earliest standardised jewellery in the form of small disc beads made from ostrich eggshells. In Africa, ostrich eggshell ...

Although beads are worn throughout Africa, Kenya's Maasai people produce and wear huge numbers of brightly-coloured beads to show their status in society. Beads are also a potential earner with ...

A decade-long study of more than 1,500 beads made from ostrich eggshells and found across Africa has revealed a 50,000-year-old social network, archaeologists say. The donut-shaped beads are among ...

Along with co-author Yiming Wang, Miller analyzed over 1,500 ostrich eggshell beads recovered from 31 archaeological sites across eastern and southern Africa. The findings, published in 'Nature ...

Such beads date back to more than 40,000 years ago and have been unearthed throughout Africa. Miller and Sawchuk measured 1,200 beads recovered from 30 archaeological sites spanning a 10,000 year ...

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 ...