Below the pictorial web page at the link are related articles including the Alexeev Harvard Lectures on African remains in Russia from 27,000 years ago. Olga Soffer link below web page notes that women wear what anthropologist have determined is a weaved hat from that era 27,000 years ago (see weaved hats on figurine upper a and b).

http://www.beforebc.de/Related.Subjects/The.Gold.Age/51-10-60-01.html

Text from the web page above:

Depending on the measure, the human being has existed for 7 million years. For all the concern over proper dress, we have been unclothed for 7 million years minus only the last 7,000 years. Part A: a - h, e.g., shows that from the first human sculpture, the Venus of Willendorf (b) 25,000 BC until, roughly, the Moldavian Venus (h) of 6000 BC, the human being went about naked.

Part B: 1 - 7 gives an encapsulation of the history of weaving, cloth-making, and clothes-making. Steatophygia is a trait associated with African women. The archeological record leaves us the evidence that it is these African women (B: 1c, 2d, 4c, 5c, 8d-e) and others present at the place and time textile-making was being created (B: 3b, 4b-d, 6c, 7b) who were involved in the invention and spread of the tradition of cloth-making to humanity.

HISTORY: the weaving of thread twining it by hand was the first stage of clothmaking. It was followed by the use of the spindle (or whorl) - a donut-shaped object (B: 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 6a-b, 7a).

EVOLUTION: We can trace the evolution of technology of textile-making in some locations as Egypt (3a to 3c); Greece (4a - 4d); Mexico (7a - 7c). We also see that dresses are the same today as they were when first made with, apparently, soft materials and dyed patterns as in the dress from Hacilar, Turkey (B: 1c) almost 9000 years ago or Greece (B:4c) some 8000 years ago.

WHO MADE, HOW MUCH, WHO WORE? Three dozen times in Homer’s Iliad and Odyessy, we read of queens and noble women weaving cloth. At the beginning, it is only royalty who had the time and right (as it were) to wear clothes. Over the millenniums, it became something for the masses and Madison Avenue.

Marc Washington


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Yep! And it was about a few millions years ago, take a thousand years or so that the continents began to shift apart. Moving around to north...splitting from each other and is why Africa and most of Southern Hemisphere remained hot and no need for clothing. In fact, most people then didn't know what being clothed meant....i.e. africans and amerindians....all needs were meant including food. Many did not have to hunt cuz there were an abundance of trees, vines and fish to feed the entire village three times a day. So when you're full, comfortable in temperature [cuz in many places in Africa and southern hemisphere climates stay the same year round(with very little migration)...so]....why would you EVER NEED clothing? But if you're COLD and hungry...and have to move around a lot cuz of extreme weather....well that's another thing entirely. Great post!

'...Africa and most of Southern Hemisphere...'---article via Marc Washington

Worthwhile observation.

Somewhat in that vein..

Growing up, I often was embarrassed to see peoples of African nations picture living in villages of thatched-roof huts.

I never registered with me that the peoples of European nations were depicted living in thatched-rood huts as well.

I so shamed by the way Africans were shown in 'Tarzan' movies I didn't see the same thing in 'Robin Hood', and 'Three Musketeer' movies.

More on point...

The continent of Africa lies...essentially...between 35-degrees North parallel and 35-degrees South parallel on the planet Earth.

At approx. 35-degrees North parallel lies New Orleans, Louisiana.

Much of Africa lies at high elevations.

For instance, Nairobi, Kenya lies only 90 miles south of The Equator, yet:

Although Nairobi is only 90 mi (145 km) south of the equator, it has a moderate climate, largely because of its high altitude (c.5,500 ft/1,680 m).

In the western part of the continent...I refuse to call it 'West Africa'...the terminology of Europeans for the conquered, e.g. 'West Berlin'; 'West Indies'; West Germany; never...never...'West Europe'; East Europe; 'East Indies'; 'East Africa'; 'West Africa'...sorry, but it just pisses me off.

As I was saying...

In the western part of Africa...western Africa... the topography slopes to the ocean succumbing to both the heat and the humidity.

Anyway...Just a thought...and observation.

PEACE

Jim Chester

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Originally posted by Kocolicious:
Yep! And it was about a few millions years ago, take a thousand years or so that the continents began to shift apart. Moving around to north...splitting from each other and is why Africa and most of Southern Hemisphere remained hot and no need for clothing. In fact, most people then didn't know what being clothed meant....i.e. africans and amerindians....all needs were meant including food. Many did not have to hunt cuz there were an abundance of trees, vines and fish to feed the entire village three times a day. So when you're full, comfortable in temperature [cuz in many places in Africa and southern hemisphere climates stay the same year round(with very little migration)...so]....why would you EVER NEED clothing? But if you're COLD and hungry...and have to move around a lot cuz of extreme weather....well that's another thing entirely. Great post!

I'm still glad to live in the era of PANTIES in my opinion, one of mankind's greatest inventions