Ancient shells may be earliest form of jewellery

ENGLAND: London: GIR: INT Close Shot Two ancient sea shells with holes in middle which date from 100,000 years ago, and finger pointing at them Professor Chris Stringer (Natural History Museum) talking to Taylor about fossils SOT - here are two sea shells found in a site in Israel, dating from 100,000 years ago / they've got holes in them we think were made by people to make these shells parts of necklaces or jewellery - this shell has sediment from cave still attached to it / we analysed sediment and matched it with sediment found at cave with stone tools and other materials / here are couple of stone tools from that time /people from that cave were more like neanderthals / we've got an individual who was buried at site with jawbone of a wild boar carved on his chest / this is complex burial / when put that together in presence of jewellery we get picture of modern human behaviour - these shells have moved from coast several miles / we published evidence from site in Algeria where material travelled over 100 miles / people moved these shells / the positioning of these holes is exactly where you would put them if making jewellery / also workmanship suggests these holes were made using tools boring from outside of shell - may have been other materials used / this is evidence we've got and it has survived for over 70 years in museum collection waiting to be studied - have replica of necklace of ones worn in Europe 30,000 years ago / necklace has similar shells to ones found at Skhul / these people are sending messages of wealth, etc to others CUTAWAYS Close Shot Two shells, one with sediment still attached - and finger pointing to it Close Shot Two shells with two stone tools beside Close Shot Skull found at same site Close Shot Two shells with stone shells beside - with finger pointing to them Close Shot Two shells Close Shot Replica shell necklace held Clean Feed Tape = D0605517 OR D0605518 00:27:21:16 - 00:29:57:07 FX/FX Programme as Broadca...