How did jewelry enter human civilizations?


The oldest known jewelry dates to 100,000 BP, from Tata, Hungary (engraved shells, for decorative purposes, probably stringed together)…

This implies 2 things:

1) People had free-time.

2) Pre-humans, such as Neanderthal, had the capacity and inspiration to produce jewelry as well (Cro-Magnon didn't enter Europe until about 40,000 years ago).

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2 Responses to “How did jewelry enter human civilizations?”

  1. meggurpanda Says:
    April 26th, 2009 at 7:29 am

    Do you mean why?
    To decorate/distinguish royalty or "upper-class" in general.
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  2. eternal Says:
    April 26th, 2009 at 7:47 am

    The oldest known jewelry dates to 100,000 BP, from Tata, Hungary (engraved shells, for decorative purposes, probably stringed together)…

    This implies 2 things:

    1) People had free-time.

    2) Pre-humans, such as Neanderthal, had the capacity and inspiration to produce jewelry as well (Cro-Magnon didn't enter Europe until about 40,000 years ago).
    References :