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A bit of fiber history——our forebears

April 20, 2020 By Nancy Leave a Comment

Lynne found this for us.  Just how early in history were people working fibers?  New discoveries on that point.  Have a good read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/science/neanderthals-fiber-string-math.html

Follow up with this on the same topic:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/world/oldest-yarn-neanderthals-scn/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0OfcwB3olHYX6h_qAOYZVnewPltn8CwMDtyocQs-XpfXjxyhlIbF6rDOw

 

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