Did Neanderthals wear clothes?

To figure this out, Wales compared what modern hunter-gathers wear in different environments, and cross-referenced this with historical climatic conditions. Modern humans needed to cover themselves up slightly more, up to 90%, Wales argues. read more

Science suggests that Neanderthals wore clothes because, as discussed above, there is evidence for it. The fact that Neanderthals went barefoot in some circumstances doesn’t indicate they had no clothes at all. I’m not wearing shoes at the moment, doesn’t mean I’m naked. read more

So Neanderthals could make clothes, needles, tie knots, had a transport system for thier meat, mined salt from thousands of miles away, had a language they could pass all this knowledge down with, remind me again what flimsy evidence this is based on. read more

So some experts think they did create ‘serviceable’ clothing. Nathan Wales wrote a great paper on this a few years ago. It has helpful climate charts as well to show the range and areas Neanderthals occupied which are visible as thumbnails on the left. read more