Posted on 09/16/2021 10:29:06 AM PDT by American Number 181269513
From the medieval fashion for pointy shoes to Victorian waist-squeezing corsets and modern furry onesies, what we wear is a window to our past.
Now researchers say they have found some of the earliest evidence of humans using clothing in a cave in Morocco, with the discovery of bone tools and bones from skinned animals suggesting the practice dates back at least 120,000 years.
Dr Emily Hallett, of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany, the first author of the study, said the work reinforced the view that early humans in Africa were innovative and resourceful.
“Our study adds another piece to the long list of hallmark human behaviours that begin to appear in the archaeological record of Africa around 100,000 years ago,” she said.
While skins and furs are unlikely to survive in deposits for hundreds of thousands of years, previous studies looking at the DNA of clothing lice have suggested clothes may have appeared as early as 170,000 years ago – probably sported by anatomically modern humans in Africa.
The latest study adds further weight to the idea that early humans may have had something of a wardrobe.
Writing in the journal i Science, Hallett and colleagues report how they analysed animal bones excavated in a series of digs spanning several decades at Contrebandiers Cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The cave has previously been revealed to contain the remains of early humans.
Hallett said she began studying the animal bones in 2012 because she was interested in reconstructing the diet of early humans and exploring whether there had been any changes in diet associated with changes in stone tool technology.
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What happened?
“Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago...”
...in China.
Mmmm, fig leaves.
the whole “Africa was cradle of humanity” has been debunked a few years ago.
Yet Western elites still push the Africa BS to give certain groups a feeling of superiority.
I don’t buy most of anything coming from establishment
Did they find artifacts such as a dress with the message “tax the rich” scrawled on it by prehistoric humans?
the beginning of fruit of the loom...
“Hi Jim!”
“Hi Dave! How’s that son of yours doing?”
“Oh, he studies old human crap.”
“He’s studying Joy Behar?”
the left push nonstop lies and narratives for political reasons. sad how they ruin everything. I don’t buy most of this.
Also it states Morocco which is Northern most part of Africa.
The innovative and resourceful left...................
Human civilizations have been no different than human children when it comes to learning to achieve objectives.
1. The “gray matter” has always been there but it is (a) plastic (functionality shaped by experience) and (b) like a muscle it’s skill-achievement grows with the demands placed on it.
2. But much growth depends on what is already known to start with. The more that is known to start with, the more that advances can be made, like building blocks.
Human civilization goes/will go through phases of development just as human individuals do; from a “kindergarten” phase (in the past) through succeeding phases of advancement.
Some things that are found to surprise archeologists seem to not surprise me - I more or less expect many of them.
“...reinforced the view that early humans in Africa were innovative and resourceful.”
That’s because they found a stash of crushed velvet purple hats.
One pile of bones had a very primitive Visa and American
Express card next to them...
...thus proving economic things we take credit for today,
we’re common staples over 100,000 years ago.
An old placard with cuneiform graphics was discovered with
something close to Blogan Fargis / 102,020 bc on it.
(poetic license, since they couldn’t date from a zero date
over 100,000 years in the future)
Controversy arose due to lack of evidence for 50% off sales.
Nine years and unknown amounts of money, and this is all she got?
Human cold.
Human see furry animal
Furry animal not cold
Human see animal not cold
Human woman say "Throg, why you no kill furry animal, baby needs a fur coat"
And that's what happened..where's my grant money?
Any gold chains?
Damn shame, too!
The innovative ones went to the store to buy some cigarettes and never came back.
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