{"id":58552,"date":"2015-05-25T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=58552"},"modified":"2015-05-22T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T14:14:00","slug":"researchers-discover-a-40-000-year-old-bracelet-made-by-an-extinct-human-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/05\/researchers-discover-a-40-000-year-old-bracelet-made-by-an-extinct-human-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Discover a 40.000-Year-Old Bracelet Made by an Extinct Human Species"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers have confirmed the discovery of\u00a0a 40.000-year-old bracelet made by an extinct human species in Siberia, Russia.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

May 19, 2015 – <\/em>It is one of the most incredible discoveries in recent years, confirming that we have actually very little knowledge of our distant past. Researchers have confirmed that the discovered bracelet is over 40,000 year old. It was found in Siberia and is catalogued as the oldest piece of jewelry ever found on Earth. The\u00a0sophisticated\u00a0elaboration and design has left researchers wondering how it was possible that “early” humans could have made something like this.<\/p>\n

While bracelets have been found pre-dating this discovery, Russian experts say this is the oldest known jewelry of its kind made of stone.\u00a0Researchers have discovered the bracelet at a site called the\u00a0Denisova\u00a0Cave in Siberia, near \u00a0Russia’s\u00a0 border with China and Mongolia. The bracelet was found with other objects such as extinct animal bones and other artifact that according to researchers, date back 125.000 years. This incredible item was discovered in 2008, and after extensive analysis and tests, experts have been able to confirm its age.<\/p>\n

Anatoly\u00a0Derevyanko, director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and his research team believe that the sediments from inside the\u00a0Denisovan\u00a0cave were not contaminated by human activities from later periods.<\/p>\n

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Polished zone of intensive contact with some soft organic material. General reconstruction of the view of the bracelet and compraison with the moders bracelet. Pictures: Anatoly Derevyanko and Mikhail Shunkov, Anastasia Abdulmanova<\/p><\/div>\n

The ground around the artifacts and the piece of jewelry has been dated, by analysis of oxygen isotopes of having an age of 40,000 years.<\/p>\n

“The skills of its creator were perfect. Initially we thought that it was made by Neanderthals or modern humans, but it turned out that the master was\u00a0Denisovan.”<\/p>\n

Researchers have also found a ring made to of marble among the artifacts of the cave, but experts have decided not to\u00a0disclose\u00a0any information about the finding until further research is done.<\/p>\n

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The traces of reparation on the cracks. Bracelet had suffered damage, including visible scratches and bumps. Pictures: Anatoly Derevyanko and Mikhail Shunkov<\/p><\/div>\n

The Siberian Times quotes Dr\u00a0Derevyanko, who wrote in the Russian magazine, Science First Hand, that when they studied the diameters of the bracelet, they found that the rotational speed of the drill must have been quite high, and with minimal fluctuations. This points to\u00a0the fact that\u00a0whoever made this incredible piece of jewelry, is most likely to have had some sort of technology that is\u00a0similar to\u00a0that of a modern drill.<\/p>\n

“The ancient master” he said, “was skilled in techniques previously considered not characteristic for the Palaeolithic era, such as easel speed drilling, boring tool type rasp, grinding and polishing with a leather and skins of varying degrees of tanning.”<\/p>\n

According to experts, this incredible bracelet was made from a stone called chlorite which was obtained from a quarry\u00a0approximately\u00a0200 kilometers away, a fact that points to the organization and capabilities of ancient humans.<\/p>\n

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Drilling marks on Denisovan bracelet
Anatoly Derevyanko and Mikhail Shunkov, Vera Salnitskaya<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Mikhail Shunkov, deputy director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography in Novosibirsk, part of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, this finding proves that these ancient humans were much more advanced that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.<\/p>\n

Commenting on its beauty, Anatoly Derevyanko added,<\/p>\n

“The bracelet is stunning. In bright sunlight it reflects the sun rays, at night by the fire it casts a deep shade of green.”<\/p>\n

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Source and reference: <\/em>Siberian Times. Article posted by Ivan.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 ewao.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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