World's Oldest Manufactured Beads Are Older Than Previously Thought

The fingernail-size shells, already known from 82,000-year-old Aterian deposits in the cave, have now been found in even earlier layers. While the team is still awaiting exact dates for these layers, they believe this discovery makes them arguably the earliest shell ornaments in prehistory. ... the Aterian in Morocco dates back to at least 110,000 years ago.