[weegee]

The oldest ever found at 82,000 years YET the expert says “Bead-making in Africa was a widespread practice at the time”. Shouldn’t there be more examples?

[Jakarta ex-pat]

A late entrant for "7 wonders of the World". ("on Line")

How convenient.

" The team has recently secured funding for a further four to five years of research in the area from the Natural Environment Research Council."

It's this easy folks!

"NERC funds world-class science in universities and our own research centres that increases knowledge and understanding of the natural world. We are tackling the 21st century's major environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity and natural hazards. We lead in providing independent research and training in the environmental sciences.

Oh how lucky the British tax payer.

[onedoug]

There’s also evidence of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon burying their dead with flowers added to their graves at least 100,000 years ago and perhaps earlier, which may say something about the appearance of spirituality within earlier human populations.

[Jaded]

That’s what I thought.