Stone Age engraving traditions appear on ostrich eggshells

Standardized designs identified on 60,000-year-old water containers

Long before human communication evolved into incessant tapping on computer keys, people scratched on eggshells.

MARKS OF DISTINCTION Ostrich eggshell fragments found at a rock shelter in southern Africa indicate that people living there roughly 60,000 years ago used these eggshells as water containers.