<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/73eb53cb-9930-4a98-82a0-0a1bd0ae4547/0EC6243E-9C28-4855-AF06-49BDD28CE1C1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5099104.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5099104.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5099104.stm"></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5099104.stm"> <TR><TD colSpan=3><DIV class=mxb> <DIV class=sh>Study reveals 'oldest jewellery' </DIV></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=416><FONT size=2><!-- S BO --><!-- S IBYL --> <DIV class=mvb> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=416 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=bottom><DIV class=mvb><SPAN class=byl>By Paul Rincon </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=byd>Science reporter, BBC News </SPAN></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><IMG height=1 alt="" hspace=0 src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/999999.gif" width=416 border=0><BR></DIV><!-- E IBYL --> <P><!-- S IIMA --> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=203 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV><IMG height=152 alt="Top row: Nassarius shells from Skhul Cave, Israel; Bottom: Nassarius shell bead from Oued Djebbana, Algeria Image: Marian Vanhaeren and Francesco d'Errico" hspace=0 src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41800000/jpg/_41800778_shell_science_203.jpg" width=203 border=0> <DIV class=cap>The shells were probably parts of necklaces or bracelets (<I>Image: Marian Vanhaeren/Francesco d'Errico</I>)</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF --><B>The earliest known pieces of jewellery made by modern humans have been identified by scientists.</B> <P>The three shell beads are between 90,000 and 100,000 years old, according to an international research team. </P></FONT></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5099104.stm"><P><TABLE cellSpacing="0" cols="0" cellPadding="0" width="203" align="right" dataPageSize="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV><IMG height="152" alt="Top row: Nassarius shells from Skhul Cave, Israel; Bottom: Nassarius shell bead from Oued Djebbana, Algeria Image: Marian Vanhaeren and Francesco d'Errico" hspace="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41800000/jpg/_41800778_shell_science_203.jpg" width="203" vspace="0" border="0" /> <DIV>The shells were probably parts of necklaces or bracelets (<I>Image: Marian Vanhaeren/Francesco d'Errico</I>)</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The earliest known pieces of jewellery made by modern humans have been identified by scientists.</B> </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0EC6243E-9C28-4855-AF06-49BDD28CE1C1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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