The presence of sea shells and Baltic amber at sites hundreds of kilometers from the sources of these materials indicate that:
A)Neandertals were enslaved by Cro-Magnon populations.
B)Upper Paleolithic peoples engaged in long-distance trade.
C)Upper Paleolithic peoples possessed the wheel.
D)fossil fuel use was common by 35,000 years ago.
E)the deserts were becoming covered with glaciers.

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The presence of sea shells and Baltic amber at sites far away from where they were sourced suggests long-distance trade among Upper Paleolithic peoples. This is a well-documented phenomenon in the archaeological record.

The Presence of Sea Shells and Baltic Amber at Sites