Most people know that of all the jewelry that people used for adorning themselves in different parts of the world, the necklace is perhaps the oldest of them all. Although there are quite a number of evidences show that people in the prehistoric times had been wearing necklaces, any theory of why people at that time wore them can only be just mostly speculations. Many thousands of years later in ancient times, archaeological findings show that in many areas of the world, necklaces were usually worn by the noble and the royalty.

The noble and royalty represented the social status of the one wearing them. Even when one dies, the necklaces of those types of people were, at many places, buried along with their deceased wearers. Those early necklaces were made of stones, animal fangs and teeth, feathers and claws, and shells strung onto a piece of string. In those times, both men and women wear necklaces. But today, it became more common for women to wear them.

By turning on the TV and switching to a music channel, one could see the huge necklaces worn by some rap singers and rock stars. But the reason why they are wearing necklaces may not be to show which tribe or they belong to or their royalty, but just for pure fashion.This reason for wearing the necklace may be missing during the ancient times.  Whatever the reasons are, we can be pretty sure that mankind though out history, and even before that, have been very keen about the wearing of a necklace as well as the gift. Nowadays necklace could be interesting for some people to run business on it and perhaps could gain some profits.