[gleeaikin]

The article also refers to the Neanderthals being in rags, and the Cro-Magnons using plant fiber for sewing. This is sloppy writing and probably counter-factual. To have rags they would have needed fabric, which since spinning and weaving had not yet been invented is impossible. From what I have read of the American Indians, common sewing materials were sinew and strips of hide, although plant fibers are certainly possible in some areas.

[Kenny Bunk]

You simply must stop interjecting factual material into Neanderthal vs.Cro-Magnon type threads. To have rags they would have needed fabric, which since spinning and weaving had not yet been invented is impossible. From what I have read of the American Indians, common sewing materials were sinew and strips of hide, although plant fibers are certainly possible in some areas.

IMHO, the guy who wrote the posted article is a pubbic scrool survivor who may have gotten his facts from the film, "Encino Man."