This makes it the oldest piece of jewelry ever discovered, and archeologists have been taken aback by the level of its sophistication.
We know that the Denisovans migrated out of Africa sometime after the first wave of Homo erectus, and well before us, Homo sapiens.
Strangely, however, DNA evidence also suggests that, at some point, the Denisovans must have interbred with an as yet unknown and undiscovered species of humans beings.
Amazingly, the skill involved in making this adornment shows a level of technique at least 30,000 years ahead of its time.
Indeed, originally, they believed that the bracelet had somehow become mixed up with materials dating from a later period.
In bright sunlight it reflects the sun rays, at night by the fire it casts a deep shade of green.
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