NewCanadianMTurker t1_j9vw7d9 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 10:55 PM

Reply to comment by idiotcosmonaut 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

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

BoxingSoup t1_j9w5o4q wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:03 AM

You want us to find... Fossilized pants?

NewCanadianMTurker t1_j9w5xs8 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

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

idiotcosmonaut t1_j9w21os wrote on February 24, 2023 at 11:36 PM

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