A stitch in time: Bone eyed needles from 40,000 years ago may have been the birth of fashion clothing!

Move over, Paris and Milan — 40,000 years ago, Siberia was the hottest fashion hotspot, thanks to a tiny, yet revolutionary tool: the eyed needle.In a delightful twist on ancient history, archaeologists have suggested that eyed needles — tools like modern needles made from bone — were not just for practical sewing but were the ancient equivalent of haute couture, transforming clothing from dull protection to dazzling self-expression.Needle little something extraThe reason this is such an important finding is because the usage of eyed needle tools was an exceptional development for ancient humans. Prior to eyed needle tools, our ancestors were using bone awls, another sewing tool made from sharpened deer bones, that were used to poke holes in leather for clothing and basketmaking.The earliest