Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | 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 AigenStaten 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------