Chapurukha KusimbaAmerican University Latest articles by Chapurukha Kusimba When Did People Start Using Money? By Chapurukha Kusimba published 21 June 17 Opinion Currency first hit the scene thousands of years ago. An anthropologist explains the early origins and uses of money – and how archaeological finds fill in our picture of the past. Opinion Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive flooding2'It's huge, and it's been hidden for this whole time': Gigantic, glow-in-the-dark cloud near Earth surprises astronomers32,300-year-old sword with swastikas unearthed at necropolis in France4Humans heal 3 times slower than our closest animal relatives 5'It's answering one of the questions of the century': Scientists may finally know where the oldest gold in the universe came from
When Did People Start Using Money? By Chapurukha Kusimba published 21 June 17 Opinion Currency first hit the scene thousands of years ago. An anthropologist explains the early origins and uses of money – and how archaeological finds fill in our picture of the past.
