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Pants Were Optional, 100,000 Years Ago

Posted by timothy on from the lousy-research-methods dept.

RobertB-DC writes "German scientists have used differences in the DNA of lice to determine when humans started wearing clothes. It seems lice are highly specialized -- head lice lay their eggs only on hair, while body lice hide theirs in the folds of clothing. Using the differences in the two species' DNA and a "standard" mutation rate, the scientists determined when clothing-specific lice (and by extention, clothes) came into existence. No comment, though, from Calvin Klein."

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  1. but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    underpants are still optional though, right? ...right?

  2. complex statements by muirhead · · Score: 0, Redundant
    From the article:
    ... clothes let you really make much more complex statements. The body is turned into a stage to play all of the kinds of social games you can invent.
    That explains this