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A manuport is a natural object that has been deliberately taken from its original environment and relocated without further modification[1]. Common manuports include stones, seashells and fossils, which has led archaeologists and anthropologists to conclude they must have been chosen for their beauty [2][3][4]. This appreciation for an object’s aesthetic character suggests that certain manuports represent some of the earliest examples of paleoart[5][6].

 
Makapansgat pebble

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  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary. (2022, March). manuport, n. Oxford English Dictionary. https://www-oed-com/view/Entry/247546?redirectedFrom=manuport#eid
  2. ^ Bednarik, R. G. (1998). The “Australopithecine” Cobble from Makapansgat, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 53(167), 4–8. https://doi.org/10.2307/3889256
  3. ^ Bednarik, R. G. (2002). An Acheulian palaeoart manuport from Morocco. Rock Art Research, 19(2), 137-139.
  4. ^ Helm, C. W., & Benoit, J. (2019). Geomythology in South Africa. The Digging Stick, 36(1), 15-18.
  5. ^ Bednarik, R. G. (2002). An Acheulian palaeoart manuport from Morocco. Rock Art Research, 19(2), 137-139.
  6. ^ Stanely, J.-D., Jorstad, T. F., Berbasconi, M. P., Stanford, D., & Jodry, M. (2008). Predynastic human presence discovered by core drilling at the northern Nile delta coast, Egypt. Geology, 36(8), 599-602. GeoScienceWorld. https://doi.org/10.1130/G24803A.1