skywizard
8th December 2014, 21:57
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We sing about "five gold rings," but the rings would more likely have been ivory back in the day -- as
in around 50,000 years ago, before ivory-producing animals were mostly hunted to extinction.
Early humans in northern regions, for example, made rings out of mammoth ivory. A Neanderthal site at
Grotte du Renne, France yielded a carefully crafted ivory ring, as well as grooved and perforated "personal
ornaments," according to archaeologist Paul Mellars of Cambridge University.
Source: http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/gift-list-circa-50000-bc-photos-141208.htm
peace...
We sing about "five gold rings," but the rings would more likely have been ivory back in the day -- as
in around 50,000 years ago, before ivory-producing animals were mostly hunted to extinction.
Early humans in northern regions, for example, made rings out of mammoth ivory. A Neanderthal site at
Grotte du Renne, France yielded a carefully crafted ivory ring, as well as grooved and perforated "personal
ornaments," according to archaeologist Paul Mellars of Cambridge University.
Source: http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/gift-list-circa-50000-bc-photos-141208.htm
peace...