Neanderthals are the earliest known human to have made clothing.

They lived
between 200,000 and 30,000 BCE. During this time, the earth's temperature was
recorded to have fluctuated dramatically, which caused a series of ice ages in the
northern regions part of Europe and Asia where the Neanderthal man lived. Due to this
circumstance, Neanderthals were forced to eventually figure out how to keep
themselves warm and dry by learning to create something with the available resources,
such as thick, furry hides of the animals that they hunted. This discovery prompted the
beginning of the creation of clothing. However, the exact date of the invention of
clothing is unknown, but anthropologists place it between 100,000 and 500,000 years
ago. Natural materials such as grasses, leaves, bones, and shells, as well as animal
skin and fur, were used to create the first clothing items. Clothes were frequently draped
or tied. However, simple animal bone needles show that leather and fur clothing was
sewn at least 30,000 years ago. We owe a debt of gratitude to these brilliant minds who
contributed to the development of early technology by creating clothes that do not only
enhance our sense of fashion and creativity, but also protect and cover our precious
human bodies.