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The first tailors? Researchers find ancient fibers

WASHINGTON — More than 30,000 years ago, someone living in a cave in the Caucasus Mountains twisted wild flax together and dyed it, producing the earliest known fibers made by humans, scientists report.

“Making strings and ropes is a sophisticated invention,” said Ofer Bar-Yosef, a professor of....

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