article_snippet: Frayer, a professor emeritus of anthropology, was a part of the study published in the journal PLOS ONE that looks at eagle talons found in present-day Croatia.
article_snippet: eagle talons are among the thousands of human remains, animal bones and tools originally excavated between 1899 and 1905 in the area by Croatian scientist Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger.
article_snippet: Only recently, however, did " Kansas University's David Frayer identify the cut marks and notches on the 130,000-year-old bones as ones modified by humans.
article_snippet: The markings, including polishes and areas where the bones were "rubbed together," show that eagle talons were "manipulated into a piece of jewelry," " Kansas University's David Frayer said.
article_snippet: Frayer co-wrote "Evidence for Neanderthal Jewelry:
article_snippet: Modified White-tailed Eagle Claws at Krapina" with three other Croatian scientists.
highlights_snippet: Researchers say marking on eagle talons prove Neanderthals made jewelry .
  Eagle bones used in study more than 130,000 years old .
  