c. 170,000 BCE
Technology
Africa
Clothing and tailored hides
Genetic dating of body lice suggests regular clothing use by this period.
Why it mattered
Portable insulation let humans colonise climates their bodies could not survive.
Stone Age
170,000 BCE
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