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idiotcosmonaut t1_j9vw0b1 wrote

Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973

when's the last time you came across a 100K-year-old pair of pants?

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NewCanadianMTurker t1_j9vw7d9 wrote

I'd imagine there would be fossilized evidence somewhere in the world.

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BoxingSoup t1_j9w5o4q wrote

You want us to find... Fossilized pants?

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NewCanadianMTurker t1_j9w5xs8 wrote

Yes. I'd assume 'pants' back then were made of animal skin and there have been numerous animal skin fossils found around the world.

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idiotcosmonaut t1_j9w21os wrote

if there is, we haven't found it yet, because very specific conditions have to be met for clothing to survive millennia of decay and many of them are dependent on chance

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