Transcript: These Vintage Threads Are 30,000 Years Old

ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
09-10-2009
These Vintage Threads Are 30,000 Years Old

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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Archaeologists digging in a cave in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia have come across the world's oldest textiles. They found flax fibers that date back 30,000 years or more. The find suggests that string isn't as humble as it seems. It could have helped our ancestors survive the last ice age, as NPR's Richard Harris reports.

RICHARD HARRIS: 30,000 years ago humans in Europe were trying to shrug off the cold of the last ice-age. Some people lived in caves in the present day Republic of Georgia. To get a picture of life ...

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