The original article at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02804-z#article-comments contains the same printing error. It also supplies the information that the larger shell pieces alongside the *Columbella* beads are *Glycymeris*. On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 5:24 PM Allen Aigen < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave | Smart News| > Smithsonian Magazine > <https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49217142&spUserID=MTA5MDI1MDgzNTAzMQS2&spJobID=2602403751&spReportId=MjYwMjQwMzc1MQS2> > > Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave > > Smithsonian Magazine > > The rare interment suggests that some hunter-gatherer societies imbued > female infants with full personhood > > <https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49217142&spUserID=MTA5MDI1MDgzNTAzMQS2&spJobID=2602403751&spReportId=MjYwMjQwMzc1MQS2> > > Note that the *Columbella rustica *beads pictured are 50% sinistral. Is > this common Mediterranean species often found with sinistral specimens, or > was the collector choosing the odd shells because they are rare and > therefore more valuable? > > Allen Aigen > Staten Island, NY > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs > To leave this list, click on the following web link: > http://listserv.uga.edu/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-L&A=1 Type your > email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. David Campbell Associate Professor, Geology Department of Natural Sciences 110 S Main St, #7270 Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs NC 28017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-L&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
