[language] [Fwd: [evol-psych] Woven cloth dates back 27,000 years]

[H. Mark Hubey]

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BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 14 June, 2000, 12:12 GMT 13:12 UK
Woven cloth dates back 27,000 years
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse

Woven clothing was being produced on looms 27,000 years ago, far earlier than
had been thought, scientists say.

It had been thought that the first farmers developed weaving 5,000 to 10,000
years ago.

But Professor Olga Soffer of the University of Illinois, is about to publish
details in the journal Current Anthropology of 90 fragments of clay that have
impressions from woven fibres.

Prof Soffer first revealed her findings in previous research when she said that
a 25,000 year old figurine was wearing a woven hat.

If confirmed, this work will change our understanding of distant ancestors, the
so-called Ice Age hunters of the Upper Palaeolithic Stone Age.

Full text:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_790000/790569.stm

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