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EVERY one who has noticed the objects found in caves of Palæolithic date knows the evidence which supports the idea that cave men wore bracelets and necklaces, but the evidence that the older river-drift men wore similar ornaments is more obscure. Still, when one notices the extreme beauty and precision of make of some Palæolithic implements, one cannot help surmising that the more ancient savages of our old river sides also had sufficient personal pride and ideas of ornament to sometimes decorate their bodies with beads in a similar fashion with the cave dwellers.
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SMITH, W. Palæolithic Man—His Bead Ornaments . Nature 29, 83–84 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/029083a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/029083a0