Do you think cavemen invented jewellery or cave-women?

Answer 1

Remains of both sexes have been found wearing jewelry. As for whether the first human to adorn themselves (whether it be with paint, or a shell necklace) was a man or a woman, I don't think that's important, and we can never know. Adornment, however, occurred at the same time that humans began ritualistically burying their dead and making art. It is one of the things that anthropologists agree "made us human"...it is indicative of the beginning of symbolic, higher order thinking.

Answer 2

Cavemen

Answer 3

All evidence clearly shows that jewellery pre-dates cavemen or cavewomen by millions of years.

Answer 4

Men, specifically Shaman initially wore jewelry.

Jewelry was made of leather or reeds strung with pebbles, berries, feathers, shells, or animal bones. People wore jewelry for religious reasons. Certain jewelry could prevent sickness and protect them from bad luck. People started to make jewelry from ivory, wood, and metal. People also used silver, copper, and bronze. In 3500 B.C., gold heated with fire could be pounded into thin sheets and then shaped. By the 2000's B.C., Egyptians used gemstones for making bracelets, brooches, headdresses, pendents, and rings. They believed jewelry had magical powers and believed it would bring them good luck.
The Romans loved jewelry. Rings made of gold, jet, and other materials were worn by both male and female. Sometimes they put a lot on the same finger!

Cavemen made simple jewelry of animal teeth, claws, and bones. They also made jewelry from seeds, stones, and feathers.

Necklaces were the most common kinds of prehistoric ornaments. Gold was and still is a favorite metal for jewelry.

Gold was used a lot because of its warm, glowing color. As early as 4000 B.C., the metal was known to the ancient Egyptians who made ornaments of gold.They also made copper , soapstone, camelian, and lapis lazuli.
Greek jewelry was noted for its elegance and grace. Many Greek ornaments were made from gold filigree of wire openwork in naturalistic designs of flowers, leaves, and animals.

Really nice gold ornaments were made by the Etruscans.

Answer 5

Just as an uninformed guess, I'd say the men. The first jewelry was either religious symbols or tribal identity, and those things were in the domain of the men.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I don't think that cave-men invented cave-women!
Try reading the question again.

Answer 8

Both. Jewelery is used to express something, whether it's beauty or traditions. The person who invented it had something they wanted to express or use it for, probably religion. Both genders are capable of doing that.

Answer 9

I reckon the men....they probably took a tooth from each animal they'd nabbed & those with most teeth on their 'necklace' were considered the better hunter & consequently the better providers ?? (thats probably rubbish but ...)

Answer 10

The first jewelry was a talisman to ward off evil. I think it was a collaboration between man and woman.