r/history • u/mikaelnorqvist • Jan 19 '23
Prehistoric Fashion: Cut Marks On Ancient Bones Reveal The Trends 320.000 Years Ago - Archaeology Magazine Article
https://archaeology-magazine.com/prehistoric-fashion-cut-marks-on-ancient-bones-reveal-the-trends-320-000-years-ago/63
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u/FortunateInsanity Jan 20 '23
Nothing about fashion in the article. Fashion is art. Using bear hides for warmth in the winter is a practical survival method. The article can be summed up by saying “evidence points to Neanderthals hunting bears for their pelts.”
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u/danceswithshelves Jan 20 '23
Yeah the wording of this title is deceptive. Had nothing to do with fashion and I want my five minutes back lol.
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u/The_Human_Bullet Jan 20 '23
So early humans wore bear pelts to stay warm?
Colour me surprised?
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u/RegisterOk9743 Jan 20 '23
Killing a bear with just sticks and rocks is pretty impressive though.
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u/The_Human_Bullet Jan 20 '23
Oh yeah, but I always assumed early humans were badass? They didn't have time to waste pondering the nonsense we do.
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Jan 20 '23
They were badass. Even in nomadic lifestyles, because they combined their efforts, they had a ton of free time on their hands. Some American Indian tribes from just a couple hundred years ago could pack up and move to follow their game within 30 minutes or less. Or else it was free.
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u/uhyeahreally Jan 20 '23
Can be avoided, just wait for the bear to die. Bears die by themselves if you wait.
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u/matteam-101 Jan 20 '23
Don't the bears hibernate, in a den or cave? Just the time to cut their throats and fabricate Bearskin robes by Brooks Brothers.
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u/Lagiacrus111 Jan 20 '23
Humans were in the arctic 320,000 years ago?
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u/LeagueOfLegendsAcc Jan 20 '23
Homo Heidelbergensis, not homo sapiens. We evolved in Africa and migrated out to populate the world. To pick a random ancestor the human/chimpanzee last common ancestor (CHLCA) is theorized to possibly be graecopithecus, whose fossils were found in southern Europe. So at some point between CHLCA and homo sapiens our ancestors migrated into Africa and stayed there. The implication is that other human species could have left Africa sooner, or never came in the first place.
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u/bmilohill Jan 20 '23
The revelation here isn't what they were doing, but further evidence regarding when they were doing it.
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u/LimpCroissant Jan 20 '23
Summary: Scientists found that ancient human's wentuged the paw bones of cave bears with cutting implements. Because of this, they surmise that they must have been using the bear pelts to stay warm, as there is not enough meat on a bear paw to bother carefully skinning it.
My perspective: That was a terribly written article that said practically nothing in a whole lot of words. Oh and Wentuged for President! Hopefully this same AI is the one that ends up coming for the human race eventually.
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u/poppadoppacoppa Jan 20 '23
Oh my god, did you see what grunts was wearing yesterday? That was so paleolithically fetch!
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u/FunnyGlove Jan 20 '23
Isn’t this Wilma and Betty from the flint stones? Are we saying the Flintstones are historically accurate now?
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u/mikaelnorqvist Jan 19 '23
According to ancient bones discovered at a German archaeological site, prehistoric fashion or bear skinning by ancient people dates back at least 320,000 years.
The patterns discovered on the phalanx and metatarsal paw bones of a cave bear (Ursus spelaeus or U. deningeri) are among the earliest examples of this kind of evidence and show one strategy our prehistoric ancestors employed to survive the harsh winters that prevailed in the region at the time.