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Manuport
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<p>A manuport is a natural object that has been deliberately taken from its original environment and relocated without further modification. Typically moved by human hand, some manuports are the result of other <a href="/facts/Homo/qvJtEBr2">hominins</a>. Common manuports include stones, seashells and <a href="/facts/Fossil/by7NzIA1">fossils</a>, which has led <a href="/facts/Archaeology/K3Q5P38R">archaeologists</a> and <a href="/facts/Anthropology/W6WK1C3a">anthropologists</a> to conclude they must have been chosen for their beauty. This recognition of an object’s <a href="/facts/Aesthetics/FSD8f7oF">aesthetic</a> character suggests that certain manuports represent some of the earliest examples of <a href="/facts/Art/ILbnQHHb">art</a>. </p>