MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST 
ently represent a very primitive branch of the American 
Indian stock. Although they occupy an extremely cold 
and wet region, until recently they wore only a piece of 
sealskin slung about their necks, which they shifted about 
so as to keep 
it on the side 
from which 
the wind, 
sleet, and 
snow came. 
This repre: 
sents only a 
slight im- 
provement 
upon — primi- 
tive ctatal 
nudity (Fig. 
32). Cutting 
and fitting 
skins and sew- 
ing them to- 
setihen liao 
form fur gar- 
ments, such as 
the Eskimo 
wear, repre- 
sents a much 
Fic. 32. Native of Tierra del Fuego wearing only a piece of greater ad- 
sealskin slung BA pe em enon from the cold vance. This 
stage must 
have been reached in some countries before the close of the 
Old Stone Age, for well-finished bone needles have been 
found in deposits of that period. Skins remained the 
material for clothing until the invention of weaving; the 
buckskin garments of our own North American Indians 
furnish an example. Such clothing belongs more especially 
to cold regions, or at least to those having cold winters. 
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