Science Today: 34,000 Year-Old Fiber | California Academy of Sciences

3,019 views · Published 21 September 2009 · 1:21 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: California Academy of Sciences · 2009 · Science & Technology

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The recent discovery of an ancient flax fiber in a cave in the Republic of Georgia has scientists rethinking when human ancestors started constructing clothing from textiles and not animal skins. 

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