Funding for Klehm's research on the pillar site stone beads was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. On the shores of Lake Turkana in east Africa, about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago, pastoralists ...

Added by Nicola Bamford from Luton. A Paleolithic Stone Bead found in the gravel on my driveway. It looked different to the other stones. When it was washed, the mud revealed a hole in the middle.

Hunter-gatherers strung a social safety net across much of southern Africa starting at least 33,000 years ago, a new study suggests. And it was held together with ostrich eggshell beads. Some of these ...