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Curtis Marean examines a section in Cave 13B at Pinnacle Point in South Africa

Arizona State University paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean examines a section in Cave 13B at Pinnacle Point in South Africa where he and an international team of researchers found ochre, bladelets and evidence of shellfish — findings that reveal the earliest dated evidence of modern humans.

Credit: (Photo courtesy of Don Johanson, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University)

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