The Origins of Clothing
The Ancients
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The Evolution of Clothing in Tasmania
During the Pleistocene essentially clothing was worn for practical purposes. The Tasmanians were able to drop their clothes at the end of the last ice age whereas that did not happen in many parts of the northern hemisphere. Clothing had to be used on a much more regular basis and complex clothing was mandatory in places like northern Europe. That kind of clothing it covers the body very effectively pretty much completely.
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