Mayan 'Sequins' Help Lead to New Family Tree for Mussel Group (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Mayan 'Sequins' Help Lead to New Family Tree for Mussel Group

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The Maya cut freshwater mussels into small rings that showed off their iridescent mother-of-pearl interiors and sewed these sequin-like "sparklers" into clothing.

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Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

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