Early Bronze Age people used rings, bangles and axe blades as an early form of money 5,000 years ago
Daily Mail
In the study, researchers from Leiden University assessed possible money from the Early Bronze Age of Central Europe, comparing the objects based on their perceived - if not precise - similarity.
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