Primitive Human Beings were Creative and Beautiful as They also Wore Jewellery

The fondness for jewellery is something which we have inherited from our ancestors. As new research revealed that a rare species of primitive human being that roamed around in the forests of Eurasia more than 200,000 years ago were fond of jewellery. Though these jewelleries were mostly made of bones of other animals and woods.

The new findings reveal the artistic taste of our forefathers. Denisovans, a cousin of Neanderthals are discovered, while scientists were working in a cave in the southern part of Siberia they found a finger bone of a girl, belonging to an unidentified group of humans.

As the group has been located at the Denisova Cave, not much is known about them than their more famous relatives Neanderthals, who are known for their discovery which included sophisticated hunting strategies in groups, fire, tools and clothing.

In dual papers published in the journal Nature, two international teams of scientists now argue Denisovans inhabited the cave as far back as 200,000 years ago.

Tom Higham, who is the director of the Oxford University Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit and the author of the study author, says, “200,000 years ago, maybe older up until about 50,000 when Denisovans disappear from the site”.

Higham and his team have found several previously undiscovered bone fragments and managed to obtain a DNA sample from one of them. They then used a mathematical model comprised of available carbon data.

The team of researchers found perforated animal teeth, which were used as necklaces, bone tools, ostrich shell beads and stone worked bracelets. All the artifacts are directly associated with modern humans and more recently, Neanderthals. In the absence of any other human remains in the areas of the cave where the objects are found, Higham said ‘the most likely explanation’ was that they were the work of Denisovans.

Higham also explained in the study that, “The earliest (objects) date back to 49,000 years ago, which is the earliest evidence we have of this type of behaviour in northern Eurasia, if not the entire Eurasian continent. The evidence suggests that the most likely explanation is that Denisovans are making them”.

If it is confirmed then the finding could transform what we know about, how our ancestors survived and socialized. But whatever is revealed about our ancestors, it is clear that they were creative, loved to live beautifully and we inherit the same traits.