Oldest ever engraving discovered on 500,000-year-old shell
Oldest ever engraving discovered on 500,000-year-old shell
- Date:
- December 3, 2014
- Source:
- Leiden University
- Summary:
- Homo erectus on Java was already using shells of
freshwater mussels as tools half a million years ago, and as a 'canvas'
for an engraving. The discovery of an engraved geometrical pattern on
one of the shells came as a total surprise. The zig zag pattern, that
can only be seen with oblique lighting, is clearly older than the
weathering processes on the shell arising from fossilization.
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