The stone tools are still sharp. The beads and engraved bones have survived intact which is really rare. Dr Shipton More Quotes by Dr Shipton More Quotes From Dr Shipton It is the most beautiful site I have ever worked on. As soon as I saw it I knew it was special, the site has amazing levels of preservation with so many of the artifacts in mint condition. Dr Shipton latest-headlines You start to see things like decorated bones, beads made from marine shell or ostrich eggs, miniaturzied stone tools, and bones carved into things like arrow points. This is the oldest date we have for when this behavior is first observed, previous sites relating to this early period of modern humanbehaviorr have all been in South Africa and the East African Rift Valley, this is the first site on the coast of East Africa and the first with such a continuous record. Dr Shipton latest-headlines What is striking about this record is the innovations you see in technology and material culture, and the ability to exploit both forest and savanna environments. It is this kind ofbehaviorall flexibility that allowed our species to populate the rest of the world outside of Africa. Dr Shipton latest-headlines
