The first tailors? Researchers find ancient fiber

Friday, September 11, 2009 - 12:56 in Biology & Nature

More than 30,000 years ago someone in a cave in the Caucasus Mountains twisted wild flax together and dyed it, producing the earliest known fibers made by humans, scientists report.

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