[varmintman]

We do have Neanderthal fireplaces AND there are needles.

That isn't the way I read it. Put up or shut up.

"The Middle Paleolithic was the time of the Neanderthal who wore clothing made of animal hides draped around the body and probably bound in place with sinew. Neanderthals did not create any surviving artwork and did not leave behind any evidence of loom or needle."

[muawiyah]

There's always newer evidence. Over 300,000 years you have to expect all sorts of things.

I'm satisfied that Neanderthal had the dexterity and eyesight necessary to do needles. At the same time they, like everybody else in the world, probably made their needles out of wood and bone, both highly perishable

Now, the tough one, find a paleolithic stainless steel needle.