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But having all three together shows a grouping of people that is almost modern, Marean said.
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Marean also found 57 pieces of ground-up rock that would have been reddish - or pinkish-brown.
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Marean and colleagues tried out that ancient cooking technique in a kind of archaeological test kitchen.
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The international team of researchers reporting the findings include Curtis Marean, a paleoanthropologist with the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University.
October 17th, 2007 2007
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Marean figured the early people, probably women, had to trudge two to three miles to where the mussels, clams and snails were harvested and to bring them back to the cave.
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"Together as a package this looks like the archaeological record of a much later time period," said study author Curtis Marean, professor of anthropology at the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University.
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And this is the earliest record of humans eating something other than what they caught or gathered on the land, Marean said.
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Most of what Marean found were the remnants of brown mussels, but he also found black mussels, small saltwater clams, sea snails and even a barnacle that indicates whale blubber or skin was brought into the cave.
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Marean believes the discovery opens a door to understanding the movements of our early forebears.
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On site Marean and his team uncovered over 1,800 stone implements, 57 pieces of prepared red pigment and the mountainous remains of countless shells from a wide variety seafood from brown and black mussels, clams, snails and even barnacles found primarily only on whales.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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