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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1095414654760A551

Bling-bling culture started with Stone Age cavemen up to 280,000 years ago.

A new scientific study says hunters loved to be dripping in luxury goods, and the taste for flashy trinkets may have been what turned humans from savages into a civilised society.

Beads, jewellery and ornaments found at a cave in Blombos, South Africa, are thought to be status symbols dating back up to 77,000 years.

Until now it had been thought that an interest in fancy accessories only started around 40,000 years ago.

The New Scientist report says the earliest nomadic hunters were far more civilised than thought previously. And the lust for bling led to an early pecking-order in which people with the right gear seemed more important.

 

[mightynine]

GROG WANT BLING

 

[Bob White]

That's why some of them became lawyers. They needed the money.

 

[Incognito]

for my world civ class, we have to read over two chapters each night before class, then pose questions the following day to facilitate discussion. well, last week, after reading about how women wore these meticulously designed outfits, i asked if they wore them not only for their practical uses(during the chapter, all the primary and secondary sources alluded to was that the outfits were for practical uses only), but also as a fashion statement to lure other men, or keep their current man and protector happy.