Because of lice, we know that people started wearing clothes 170,000 years ago





With the help of archeology can not determine when people started wearing clothes, as it is not stored in the tombs. However, it can do other science - genetics. Studying DNA lice, which lay their eggs on clothes, showed that they evolved from head lice about 170 thousand years ago - it is the time people began to dress.

via factroom.ru