Neanderthals Wear Leather, Furs
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•"We're likely never actually going to get archaeological evidence of Neanderthal clothes," biologist says
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Indirect evidence suggests Neanderthals dressed themselves head to toe in leather and furs.
But we've never actually found Neanderthal clothing or clothing remnants.
Evidence of ancient clothing exists from later, anatomically modern humans.
Neanderthal babies may have been swaddled in furs when they were not close to a caregiver.
Kristina Killgrove is an archaeologist with specialties in ancient human skeletons and science communication.
She earned a doctorate in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .
Her news stories and essays have been published in venues such as Forbes , Mental Floss and Smithsonian .
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