[SunkenCiv]

Material used for Gravettian personal ornaments. a, Types of teeth used as ornaments identified at occupation and burial sites attributed to the Gravettian. 1, bear canine; 2, bear incisor; 3, bovid incisor; 4, European elk canine (Collection PACEA); 5, Felis canine; 6, fox canine; 7, fox incisor; 8, hare tooth (incisor) (Collection PACEA); 9, herbivore incisor; 10, horse incisor; 11, human tooth (canine); 12, hyena canine; 13, lynx canine; 14, red deer vestigial canine; 15, red deer incisor; 16, Sparus aurata tooth; 17, steppe bison canine (Collection PACEA); 18, steppe bison incisor (Collection PACEA); 19, wolf canine; 20, wolf incisor. Scale bar, 2 cm. b, Shaped ornaments and modified bones identified at occupation and burial sites attributed to the Gravettian. Scale bar, 1 cm.

Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01803-6

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[Arkeonews] The location of the Gravettian cultural clusters on a map of modern Europe (sea levels at the time were 100 meters lower). Note the intriguing similarity between Europe and Greece, despite the sea between.

Image credit: Baker et al., Nature Human Behavior 2024

[PeterPrinciple]

the group analyzed personal adornments worn by people living in the region between 24,000 and 34,000 years ago...

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Most likely the SAME people but different fashions over time.

Beatle haircuts didn’t last for ever. Hula-hoops. miniskirts. etc.

[ClearCase_guy]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

COLONIZERS!!"

SETTLERS!!!!"

Probably none had white skin, either.

[enumerated]

IBTC (creationists)

[Sirius Lee]

Hell the people of modern day Roma will pretend they don’t know what you’re saying and laugh at your shoes if your from Monterotando. And Napoli? Fuggetaboutit. Might as well be a space alien. Modern Europe should be so lucky as to have only nine different cultures.

[ComputerGuy]

Fascinating stuff. I read that the Leotis People wore big showy necklaces.

[IrishBrigade]

‘the group analyzed personal adornments worn by people living in the region between 24,000 and 34,000 years ago...’

there was a time in my life when I might have believed something like this, but since I’ve learned from freepers that the earth cannot be more than 10,000 years old, tops, well, this can’t be so...

[fella]

So at least 9 recognizable tribes?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Every group has their fashion trends.

[Paal Gulli]

Anatomically speaking, we haven’t evolved one iota since the Stone Ages, which means Fred and Barney were every bit as intelligent as we are (at least those of us who work in rock quarries), so’s you’d expect their cultures to be every bit as evolved and intricate.

They just didn’t spend all their waking hours staring at their stone phones.