In a statement, the authors proposed that eyed needles were a new technological innovation used to adorn clothing for social and cultural purposes, marking the major shift from clothes as ...

“Eyed needle tools are an important development in prehistory because they document a transition in the function of clothing from utilitarian to social purposes,” said Dr. Ian ...

“Eyed needles made sewing more efficient and reflected the advent of fitted or tailored clothing,” said lead study author Ian Gilligan, honorary associate in the discipline of archaeology at ...

While there are currently no examples of preserved Paleolithic clothing, the team believes that these bone needles are some of the best evidence yet of what clothing may have looked like at this ...