World's Oldest Accessory

And I thought I hung on to my neclaces for a long time.

Anthropologists have just discovered a 100,000-year-old shell that's been carefully perforated as if to hang on a necklace. See, even hippie chicks then were making cool jewelry.

So, even back in per-historic times, homo sapiens wanted to accessorize. Maybe this is what really separates us from the apes. I can just imagine putting on a necklace or two to assist with mating rituals, up my status or to take the emphasis away from certain other furry parts.

The vintage age of this accessory gives new meaning to the word antique, and also is a whopping 25,000 years earlier than had perviously been thought that people first adorned themselves. So advanced!