• plyth@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Ice wasn’t everywhere. The sewing can’t be the only reason but interesting nevertheless.

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      10 hours ago

      Ice wasn’t everywhere.

      The last ice age of 40,000 years ago covered everywhere Neanderthals lived, and no Neanderthals survived it. The last Neanderthals went extinct from exposure in a cave in Spain, which was affected by the last ice age.

      No sewing equipment has ever been found with Neanderthals. They died of exposure in spite of being more cold-hardy than homo-sapiens, who by the last ice age had mastered sewing tighter-fitting clothing with leather and fur. That’s why we survived the last ice age, and the Neanderthals did not.