Images courÂtesy of UniÂverÂsiÂty of TueÂbinÂgen
That peoÂple wore clothes back in the Stone Age will hardÂly come as a surÂprise to anyÂone who grew up watchÂing The FlintÂstones. That show, nevÂer wholÂly reliant on estabÂlished archaeÂoÂlogÂiÂcal fact, didÂn’t get too speÂcifÂic about its time periÂod. But it turns out, based on recentÂly pubÂlished disÂcovÂerÂies by a team of researchers from the UniÂverÂsiÂty of TĂĽbinÂgen, the SenckÂenÂberg CenÂtre for Human EvoÂluÂtion and PalaeoenÂviÂronÂment, and LeiÂden UniÂverÂsiÂty, that Stone Agers were dressÂing themÂselves as earÂly as 300,000 years ago — over one hunÂdred milÂlenÂnia earÂliÂer than preÂviÂousÂly thought.
“This is sugÂgestÂed by cut marks on the metatarsal and phaÂlanx of a cave bear disÂcovÂered at the LowÂer PaleÂolithÂic site of SchöninÂgen in LowÂer SaxÂony, GerÂmany,” says the UniÂverÂsiÂty of TĂĽbinÂgen’s site. The locaÂtion of such marks indiÂcate that the bear was not simÂply butchered but careÂfulÂly skinned.
A cave bear’s winÂter coat “conÂsists of both long outÂer hairs that form an airy proÂtecÂtive layÂer and short, dense hairs that proÂvide parÂticÂuÂlarÂly good insuÂlaÂtion” — makÂing it a fine winÂter coat for a preÂhisÂtoric human being as well. Such a use of bear skins “is likeÂly a key adapÂtaÂtion of earÂly humans to the cliÂmate in the north,” where winÂters would be difÂfiÂcult indeed withÂout warm clothÂing.
Though some resÂiÂdents of Bedrock did wear furs (made from the prized pelts of the minkasaurus), they seemed not to be essenÂtial to surÂvival in that Stone Age equivÂaÂlent of CalÂiÂforÂnia. Jean M. Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear proved much more realÂisÂtic about this sort of thing, though its charÂacÂters live and die between 28,000 and 25,000 BC, the relÂaÂtiveÂly recent past comÂpared to the LowÂer PaleÂolithÂic from which this parÂticÂuÂlar cave bear dates. It was also in SchöninÂgen that “the world’s oldÂest spears were disÂcovÂered,” makÂing it a prime locaÂtion from which to underÂstand more clearÂly the ways of humans from that disÂtant periÂod. If a foot-powÂered Stone Age car were one day to be unearthed, it would sureÂly be unearthed there.
via Boing Boing
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Based in Seoul, ColÂin Marshall writes and broadÂcasts on cities, lanÂguage, and culÂture. His projects include the SubÂstack newsletÂter Books on Cities, the book The StateÂless City: a Walk through 21st-CenÂtuÂry Los AngeÂles and the video series The City in CinÂeÂma. FolÂlow him on TwitÂter at @colinmarshall or on FaceÂbook.
this is bs. there is no actuÂal proof any man or women existÂed 70,000 years ago. keep payÂing these so called archeÂolÂoÂgists their lets make up sh!t so called job.
this is b$. there is no actuÂal proof any man or women existÂed 70,000 years ago. keep payÂing these so called archeÂolÂoÂgists their lets make up sh!t so called job.
..That’s some funÂny stuff to actuÂalÂly think that a non-intelÂliÂgence causÂing exploÂsion hapÂpened and from it an intelÂliÂgence machine that can eat grass aniÂmals and make enerÂgy out of it.. and then proÂduce someÂthing that is natÂurÂal that goes back into the Earth to do it all over again. It’s insanÂiÂty to think non-intelÂliÂgence was behind it but that intelÂliÂgence has disÂcovÂered bareÂly A comÂbustible engine. If you truÂly think there’s no way you can come to a conÂcluÂsion that any resemÂblance of evoÂluÂtion would be true because even in the stage of evolveÂment adaptÂabilÂiÂty would imply an intelÂliÂgence to doing that the next process should have this surÂvival skill or adapÂtaÂtion…
Human startÂed wearÂing clothes since from the very first creÂation of Human not 300,000 years ago,and I hope if you wanÂna find out the actuÂal time then try headÂer and find when was the very first creÂation of Human.
1st of all you gotÂta figÂure it probÂaÂbly took him a good 25–50,000 years to figÂure they could covÂer themÂselves up with someÂthing and then anothÂer 110 or 20,000 years to figÂure out how to do it
..and who are you to call it BS? Are you an expert in AnthroÂpolÂoÂgy? Do you have proof that we didÂn’t exist 70,000 years ago? It’s peoÂple like you who, unforÂtuÂnateÂly give inacÂcuÂrate hisÂtoÂry lesÂson withÂout knowÂing what you are talkÂing about. Sad that there are peoÂple like you who don’t have an open mind to realÂly study our evoÂluÂtion and learn from hisÂtoÂry.