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.

The use of beads and other personal ornaments is a trait of modern human behavior. During the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, beads were made out of shell, bone, ivory, egg shell, and ...