Participating in an archaeology experiment, a contemporary woman wears fur clothing reminiscent of what Paleolithic people in colder climates might have worn. Seeking the origins of Paleolithic clothing, an expert in medicine and archaeology ventures to the Siberian mountains of eastern Russia to investigate. Though there are no surviving remnants of clothing from the Paleolithic era, artifacts such as sewing needles provide some indirect evidence. Paleolithic clothing seems to have had two origins: first for biological needs, then cultural. Archaeologists can detect simple and complex clothes in the Paleolithic record because they entail different technologies. Tracking these artifacts across time and space suggests complex clothing emerged as an adaptation to extreme temperatures and windchills. Decoration may have even motivated Paleolithic tailors, and garments garnered purpose beyond biologically necessary insulation. Thanks to research on past climates and the survival of clothing technologies such as a 40,000-year-old bone found in Spain that might have served as a punchboard, the origins of Paleolithic clothing gleans ever more insight.
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