Who invented the loom?
The earliest known is from Egypt.
Weaving of reeds and such to make baskets was done by hand and is much older than that. The earliest trace of basketry, if memory serves, is the impression made by a basket left setting on a moist cave floor. Long after the basket was removed and/or turned to dust, the impressive remains.
It’s likely that basketweaving (at some prehistoric learning annex) led to fabric weaving, just because the steps involved in making thread to weave a fabric are much more complicated.
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