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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (Bloomsbury Sigma) by Helen Scales,Helen Scales is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (Bloomsbury Sigma) about?
Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet.But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close. That hasn't stopped people using shells in many ways over thousands of years. They became the first jewelry and oldest currencies; they've been used as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) so
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Helen Scales,Helen Scales
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Sigma; Bloomsbury
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472994899
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, History, Nature
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (204 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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