Oyster shell fossils show the American West was once as hot as today's tropics. "Imagine the climate of Bali, Indonesia, in places like Utah or Wyoming."
Jim Erickson-Michigan •
futurity
May 11, 2022
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~8 min
The beads are some of the earliest evidence of people expressing identity with clothing. "They're the tip of the iceberg for that kind of human trait."
People traded beads made from ostrich eggshells in vast exchange networks in Africa, researchers find. The practice was a way to maintain relationships.