A recent study of a bone fragment found at a dig site in Spain, suggests that early humans were wearing leather clothes almost 40,000 years ago.

The 39,600 year old mammal bone, found at Terrasses de la Riera dels Canyars near Barcelona, has 28 puncture marks including ten found in a linear sequence. Microscopic analysis revealed that the line of indents was made by one tool and that the other dots were made at different times by five different tools. Quite different from more common tally marks or decorations found on similar bone artefacts.

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