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10.06.21

Archaeologists find the oldest-known shell beads

Shell beads found in a cave in Morocco are at least 142,000 years old. The archaeologists who found them say they're the earliest-known evidence of a widespread form of human communication.

09.17.21

Bone tools from Morocco indicate the production of clothing by 120,000 to 90,000 years ago

Journal Article

The invention of clothing and the development of the tools needed to create it, are milestones in the story of humanity. A new study, supported in part by The Leakey Foundation, provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.

11.14.18

From the Field: Rosa Moll, Morocco

From the Field

It is rare to have the opportunity to visit the sites that define our human history around the world. Recently, Rosa Moll, a Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellow from South Africa visited the site of Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, famous for the oldest modern Homo sapiens fossils in the world.

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Archaeologists find the oldest-known shell beads

Bone tools from Morocco indicate the production of clothing by 120,000 to 90,000 years ago

From the Field: Rosa Moll, Morocco