Sewing & Needles: Warm Clothing in the Palaeolithic Era
Palaeolithic humans made needles from the bones of fur-bearers -- including foxes; hares or rabbits; and cats such as bobcats, mountain lions, lynx and possibly even the now-extinct American cheetah. An eyed needle made from the bone of a red fox found at the LaPrele archaeological site in Wyoming’s Converse County. Image credit: Todd Surovell Research by the University of Wyoming has suggested that 13,000 years…
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