Symbolic use of marine shells and mineral pigments by Iberian Neandertals 115,000 years ago. (sciencenews.org)
We test a key tenet of this hypothesis by analyzing predatory drill holes in fossil marine shells, which provide a ~ 500 - million - year record of individual predator - prey interactions. (science.sciencemag.org)
Mesolithic peoples were still fishing abundant sturgeon and other river fish and maintaining long - distance relations with other hunter - gatherers, as evidenced by necklaces made from marine shells from the distant Black Sea. (sciencemag.org)