Like many customs in our civilization, jewelry has a long and varied history that in some ways has changed little, and in other ways, changed significantly.

The notion of jewelry has existed for thousands of years, dating back to humanity’s ancestors, the Cro-Magnons. The Cro-Magnons, over 40,000 years ago, used to make crude necklaces out of bone, teeth or stone. One archaeological dig in Russia found some necklaces made from the tusks of Woolly Mammoths.

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