Old Stone AgeTechnology Eyed needles and sewn clothing c. 45,000 years agoMajor Bone needles allow fitted, layered clothing, essential for surviving Ice Age winters in the north. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Clothing → Eyed needles and sewn clothing Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentarchaeology.orgPaleolithic eyed needles (Archaeology Magazine) ↗Editor's pickDocumentscience.orgPaleolithic eyed needles and the evolution of dress (Gilligan et al., Science Advances 2024) ↗Editor's pickBookIan GilliganClimate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeinvention of the sewing needle ↗Editor's pick