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\nScientists have discovered decorated artifacts from Tanzania and South Africa, dating back between 40,000 and 75,000 years, indicating that humans developed the capacity for symbolic thought much earlier than previously believed. These...\nScientists have discovered decorated artifacts from Tanzania and South Africa, dating back between 40,000 and 75,000 years, indicating that humans developed the capacity for symbolic thought much earlier than previously believed. These artifacts suggest that symbolic traditions and modern human behavior, such as the creation and wearing of jewelry, likely emerged in Africa at least 100,000 years ago, challenging conventional views on the timeline of human cognitive development.

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2022
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creativity, humans, beads, evidence, scientists, symbols, africa, tanzania, capacity, years, holes, anthropology, early humans, african history
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documentary, human origins, human thought, symbolic thought, human history, early africans, early man, blombos cave, 000 year, people, discoveries, made, findings, jewellery, artefacts, researchers, discovery, archaeologists, date, discovered, group, worn, resulted, understood
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