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The Origins of Clothing

The Ancients

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The Origins of Hominin Clothing in the Middle Latitudes

The Eyed Needle is a signature for tailored clothing that provides better protection from wind chill. The earliest Eyed Needles appearing in southern Russia around 40,000 years ago. A little bit later in Europe around 30,000 years after the start of the Pleistocene period. It's so interesting. We find that in this middle latitudes, the signature of Moscow, we have actual remains of homo sapiens at the site of Sungir"

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