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Eyed Needles Were Invented around 40,000 Years Ago in Eastern Eurasia, Archaeologists Say


Eyed needles were a new technological innovation used to adorn clothing for social and cultural purposes, marking the major shift from clothes as protection to clothes as an expression of identity.

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