The white-tailed eagle talon necklace; from the Neanderthal site at Krapina, Croatia, dated to 130000 ago. Actually a set of eagle claws, with polishing facets, small notches & deeper cut marks, suggesting one of the earliest pieces of jewelry. From the Croatian Natural History Museum [1440 x 2000]

short info in

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krapina_Neanderthal_site#Personal_ornamentation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krapina_Neanderthal_site#Personal_ornamentation)
* [https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2015.17095.epdf?sharing_token=6_Hcdg6DrppFl5nsvKcMMNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PnNLT_fTpeOcJzDKmVBV5jj-ONADxYAOoNXJUNAcdKQFltfRRz2so5GYT4hrWXlDt0r6TS5plbm0xCjWfeJhR5DpE0mx6PSOlkdU-wtXVwB-PtvjQD7GbO0IhnGJQPJaVyHTKxeApMkP1DxxO3lCrcRkifmtlq14VaS0IP0DqAOoN6_d-MjUZYef2oxKz_C80%3D&tracking_referrer=www.livescience.com](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2015.17095.epdf?sharing_token=6_Hcdg6DrppFl5nsvKcMMNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PnNLT_fTpeOcJzDKmVBV5jj-ONADxYAOoNXJUNAcdKQFltfRRz2so5GYT4hrWXlDt0r6TS5plbm0xCjWfeJhR5DpE0mx6PSOlkdU-wtXVwB-PtvjQD7GbO0IhnGJQPJaVyHTKxeApMkP1DxxO3lCrcRkifmtlq14VaS0IP0DqAOoN6_d-MjUZYef2oxKz_C80%3D&tracking_referrer=www.livescience.com) &
* [https://archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2015/digs-discoveries/trenches-neanderthal-eagle-talon-necklace/](https://archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2015/digs-discoveries/trenches-neanderthal-eagle-talon-necklace/)

the study where the human interference on the eagle claws was presented: ‘Evidence for Neandertal Jewelry: Modified White-Tailed Eagle Claws at Krapina’, by Radovčić et al, 2015, in [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119802](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119802)