handmadejewellery000
Since long before the age of reason, men and women have adorned themselves with handmade jewelry. The first decorations to beautify the human body were flower garlands and bracelets made of woven grass, shells, and stone. According to a recent National Geographic News report, we may have been wearing jewelry as far back as 75,000 years ago - 30,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Jewelry styles and materials have evolved in tandem with civilization's advancements over millennia. Styles have transformed, modernized, and often returned to their most basic forms and essential elements from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, from the Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution (and seemingly back again!).