Surfer's Ear Points to Ancient Pearl Divers in Panama
January 18, 2019
January 18, 2019
PANAMA CITY, Panama, Jan. 18 -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news:
A small bump in the ear canal of skulls from burials near the Gulf of Panama, may indicate that ancient coastal residents dove in icy waters to recover pearls and valuable orange Spondylus shells.
While examining a skull from an ancient burial ground in a pre-Columbian village in Panama, Nicole Smith-Guzman, bioarchaeologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institu . . .
A small bump in the ear canal of skulls from burials near the Gulf of Panama, may indicate that ancient coastal residents dove in icy waters to recover pearls and valuable orange Spondylus shells.
While examining a skull from an ancient burial ground in a pre-Columbian village in Panama, Nicole Smith-Guzman, bioarchaeologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institu . . .