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How our ancestors invented clothing and transformed it into fashion

Remarkable archaeological finds are telling a new story of how prehistoric humans turned clothing from a necessity into a means of self-expression

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Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian

Human ancestors lost most of their body fur 3 to 4 million years ago and did not don clothing until 83,000 to 170,000 years ago, meaning that for over 2.5 million years, early humans and their ancestors were simply naked, and that most illustrations of them reflect modern shame about nudity

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