The archaeological evidence for pants might not have survived but we're pretty certain that humans started wearing clothing 80,000-230,000 years ago because tha

The archaeological evidence for pants might not have survived but we're pretty certain that humans started wearing clothing 80,000-230,000 years ago because that's when body lice, adapted to living in clothing, genetically diverged from head lice [1]. On top of that the oldest surviving sewing needle is roughly 45,000 years old [2] so complex clothing was very likely contemporaneous or far older than the flute. [1] https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/28/1/29/984822 https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/28/1/29/984822 [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004724841830085X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00472...