120,000-Year-Old Necklace Contradicts Previous Theory Involving String and Neanderthals - Mysterious Universe

We need to adjust String Theory. At least, that form that posits string was invented "only" about 50,000 years BP, says Jocelyne LeBlanc. And this Israeli find of a seashell necklace that must have employed string more than doubles the previous French record for that technical application. On the other hand, Jocelyne tells us that the Cerne Abbas Giant May Not Be As Old As Previously Thought. The huge Dorset, England hillside chalk figure has been regarded by some as ancient, by others as perhaps only 17th century. And it's shells--in this case of land snails--that lowers the likely date of origin. LeBlanc covers the various guesstimates, and explains how the snails bring the dates at least up to the 13th and 14th centuries. The Archaeology World Team presents a puzzler that has seemingly been solved. They tell us that Over Half A Century Ago, Deep In The Jungles Of Guatemala, A Gigantic Stone Head Was Uncovered. But a stone head with Caucasian-appearing features, since supposedly disfigured beyond all such association. Naturally, much speculation has arisen--as has an explanation, by archaeologist Lee A. Parsons in "A Pseudo Pre-Columbian Colosal [sic] Stone Head on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala," in the Proceedings of the International Congress of Americanists (41st session, Mexico, 1974), vol. 1, pp. 519-21). Jason Colavito had the details in his 2013 The Mysterious Stone Head of Guatemala: A Case Study in Willful Ignorance and Deception. The head was actually carved in pumice in 1936 by a "farm administrator" to commemorate his dead wife. But Tom Metcalfe reports a case where a seemingly "sun-struck" identification may be gaining acceptance as some Lumpy Flint Figurines May be Some of the Earliest Depictions of Real People. (WM)

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