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The Origins of Clothing

The Ancients

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The Pleistocene Era of Hominin Evolution

We don't know, for example, with homo erectus or Neanderthals, whether they were as biologically naked as homo sapiens. We actually just have to suppose that probably, at least by halfway through hominin, we've been shown about six to seven million years of human evolution. And Ian, so, if we therefore move on to modern homo sapien and gain to more recent history, so to speak, I've got my notes here,. I named the Pleistocene era for when this happens. Now, this seems important for setting the context of where we're going next.

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