{"id":133445,"date":"2024-12-05T03:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133445"},"modified":"2024-12-05T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T20:49:10","slug":"archaeologists-discover-key-tool-that-helped-early-americans-survive-the-ice-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133445","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists discover key tool that helped early Americans survive the ice age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/editor-note\/instances\/cm49xlaip0006356mtqncyqoi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"editor-note\" class=\"editor-note vossi-editor-note inline-placeholder \" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n    <em>Sign up for CNN\u2019s Wonder Theory science newsletter.\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\/wonder-theory?source=nl-acq_article\"><em>Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more<\/em><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49xk14w000m26q9gyd4edjn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tiny artifacts unearthed at a Wyoming site where a mammoth was butchered 13,000 years ago are revealing intriguing details about how the earliest Americans survived the last ice age.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3niel000m356mxiuabfy8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Archaeologists found 32 needle fragments made from animal bone buried almost 15 feet (nearly 5 meters) underground at the La Prele site in Converse County. They are not the earliest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/08\/science\/eyed-needles-fashion-prehistoric-clothing-scn\/index.html\">eyed needles<\/a> in the archaeological record, but for the first time scientists have been able to identify what the needles were made of by analyzing protein information contained in the bone collagen. The results were not what they expected.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3niel000n356mq2sxbsl5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe had assumed they would be made out of bison or mammoth bone, which comprise most of the animal bones found at La Prele and other sites of its age in the High Plains and Rocky Mountains of North America,\u201d said Wyoming state archaeologist Spencer Pelton, lead author of a <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0313610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new study<\/a> on the needles published November 27 in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3niel000o356mp388yoho@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Instead, the needles were created from the bones of red foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, lynx, the now-extinct American cheetah, and hares or rabbits, the study found.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3niel000p356mtw0dgddx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was extremely surprising that these needles were made out of small carnivores,\u201d Pelton said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3niel000q356mxc8haac9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The scientists reached their conclusions by extracting collagen from the artifacts and analyzing its chemical composition, specifically short chains of amino acids known as peptides, and then comparing those results with peptide data from animals known to have existed during that period in North America. It\u2019s a technique known as zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, or ZooMS.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3niel000r356m9h14kb1w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The La Prele Mammoth site was discovered in 1986, and archaeologists believe a group of prehistoric people either killed or scavenged a young mammoth there, setting up a temporary camp to process its carcass. Given the age of the site and some distinctive artifacts, the people who camped out at La Prele were likely from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/07\/22\/world\/north-america-early-humans-arrival-scn-trnd\/index.html\">the Clovis culture<\/a>, one of North America\u2019s oldest known human populations.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm49ygrgf000a356mg0xu3ctz@published\" class=\"image_large portrait image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"wyoming-research-shows.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.790625\" data-original-height=\"2865\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/wyoming-research-shows.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"2865\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/wyoming-research-shows.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2865\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/wyoming-research-shows.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2865\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/wyoming-research-shows.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2865\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/wyoming-research-shows.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/wyoming-research-shows.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"The eyed needle above, made from the bone of a red fox, was found at the La Prele archaeological site in Wyoming\u2019s Converse County.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2865\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3oo2p000w356mmdncqv1n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Finding the tiny needles required a thorough and precise excavation, Pelton said. The team identified concentrations of buried artifacts by digging multiple test pits 1 square meter (10.8 square feet) in size until they identified relatively dense concentrations of artifacts. Larger excavations of 25 to 30 square meters (270 to 323 square feet), revealed the floors of dozens of temporary dwellings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3oo2p000x356m2kw1f2v4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, the team found the needles only when they used 1\/16th-inch (1.6-millimeter) fine screen mesh to sift the excavated sediment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3oo2p000y356m5r6n9n8l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cRelatively few archaeological sites are excavated with this level of precision, so it\u2019s possible that bone needles have been missed during previous excavations at other sites,\u201d Pelton said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm49yh54h000c356m8b6wlx6x@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"2016-LaPrele-Mammoth----Waterscreening-(5).jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2016-laprele-mammoth-waterscreening-5.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2016-laprele-mammoth-waterscreening-5.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2016-laprele-mammoth-waterscreening-5.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2016-laprele-mammoth-waterscreening-5.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2016-laprele-mammoth-waterscreening-5.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2016-laprele-mammoth-waterscreening-5.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Co-principal investigator Todd Surovell water screens sediment from La Prele in 2016. Archaeologists use water screening to find tiny artifacts like bone needles.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3oo2p000z356mvw5mnhb4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Prehistoric people occupied the site toward the end of the last ice age, and temperatures would have been 5 to 7 degrees Celsius colder than they are today, Pelton said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3oo2p0010356m4fzs2tgk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            To survive such low temperatures, humans likely created tailored garments with closely stitched seams to protect against the elements. However, clothing is perishable and all but invisible in the archaeological record for this period, save for the needles that produced the garments.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3oo2p0011356m83womfhl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis sort of climate would have required pretty robust, tailored parkas of the sort produced by the historic Inuit,\u201d Pelton said. \u201cIt would have likely incorporated fur fringes around the sleeves and hood, which is why we think people were trapping animals like foxes, cats and hares in the first place.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3oo2p0012356mm7825tn3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Before the invention of needles, humans likely wore looser, draped clothing made using pointed tools called awls, which created more widely spaced and coarsely perforated seams, the study noted. Needles also made it possible to decorate clothes, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-024-53390-9#:~:text=Abstract,at%20least%20the%20terminal%20Pleistocene.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the oldest bead<\/a>, made from hare bone, found in the Americas was previously discovered at the same site.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a9iovd00033b6m6lk2v4ru@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For thread, early Americans likely used the sinew from the connective tissues of large mammals, Pelton said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf0017356mw1070vnw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Foxes and wild cats are difficult to kill using traditional hunting tools such as spears, so Pelton suspects Stone Age hunters caught the small carnivores with traps, although direct evidence of animal trapping hasn\u2019t been found at sites of this age in North America.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf0018356mudrf36ht@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It makes sense that early humans would use the small, thin paw bones of dogs, cats and hares to make needles, said Ian Gilligan, an honorary associate in the discipline of archaeology at the University of Sydney in Australia. He wasn\u2019t involved in the research but authored a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adp2887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> on the development of eyed needles.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf0019356maqzvymgo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThese distal limb and paw bones are generally the right size and shape and need relatively little work to turn them into needles, mainly sharpening one end and drilling a hole in the opposite end,\u201d he explained.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4a6lil100052e6av7ol26j0@published\" class=\"image_large portrait image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"journal.pone.0313610.g003.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.2740540540540541\" data-original-height=\"2357\" data-original-width=\"1850\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/journal-pone-0313610-g003.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"2357\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/journal-pone-0313610-g003.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2357\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/journal-pone-0313610-g003.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2357\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/journal-pone-0313610-g003.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2357\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/journal-pone-0313610-g003.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/journal-pone-0313610-g003.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Reconstructions and Micro-CT scans reveal differences among the bones of various animal specimens.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2357\" width=\"1850\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001a356mljlf2pcv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOther bones from these animals are either thicker or not as straight, and comparable bones from larger animals like bison would require more work to turn into needles,\u201d he added. \u201cFor hunter-gatherers, crafting needles to sew tailored clothes is a time-consuming task, so any strategy that makes the manufacture of needles more efficient will have survival advantages.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001b356mss302c04@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Once equipped with warm, close-fitting garments, humans had the capacity to expand their range to places from which they were previously excluded due to the threat of hypothermia or death from exposure, according to the study, making eyed needles an extremely important prehistoric innovation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001c356m6xvtdoa2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It is \u201cno coincidence\u201d that needles are found at the oldest sites in North America \u2014 the continent was likely unoccupied until humans had the ability to make tailored clothes, Gilligan noted.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001d356mb9ysiap1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cRegardless of how good they were as hunter-gatherers, humans could never push into regions like northern Siberia without sophisticated clothes,\u201d Gilligan said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001e356mhigbi380@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWithout needles, humans could not walk across the land bridge between Siberia and North America, a dry corridor that was exposed by low sea levels as the climate became colder toward the end of the last ice age,\u201d he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001f356m8fiizu35@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Gilligan said the needles discovered at the Wyoming site are smaller and more delicate but otherwise<strong> <\/strong>similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S004724841830085X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u2019s oldest needles,<\/a> used in Siberia 40,000 years ago and in northern China 35,000 to 30,000 years ago.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001g356m0y7sybzi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cCompared to loose garments like capes and cloaks, tailored clothes offer better protection from wind chill \u2026 Needles would also be useful for sewing the inner layers in multilayered garment assemblages, which provide added thermal insulation \u2014 the beginning of underwear,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001h356moekcj6fl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The research adds to a growing body of research suggesting that hunting strategies among hunter-gatherers were \u201cnot always about getting food.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4a3p7kf001i356mgsgm0v7o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSome of the major technological innovations and trends in human prehistory may relate to clothes rather than food,\u201d Gilligan said, \u201cand the invention of needles is perhaps just one example.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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