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More than clothing: How ancient needles and awls shaped survival, medicine and ritual
- March 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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A study led by McKenna Litynski, a Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, confirms that ancient needles and awls enabled humans to survive in cold climates and shows these tools served a variety of purposes beyond clothing production, from medicine to ceremony.
Originally published at Phys.org