Thursday, October 18, 2007

Archaeologists see signs of clambake and makeup from 164,000 years ago

Life was a beach for early humans - Science - MSNBC.com:

In one of the earliest hints of 'modern' living, humans 164,000 years ago put on primitive makeup and hit the seashore for steaming mussels, new archaeological finds show. Call it a beach party for early man. But it's a beach party thrown by people who weren't supposed to be advanced enough for this type of behavior. What was found in a cave in South Africa may change how scientists believe Homo sapiens marched into modernity.

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