What animal did the cavemen wear?

So far respondants have talked in general about early humans wearing furs, feathers and various textiles, but the question was about which particular animals (by which I assume the person meant animal hides) were used. read more

Neanderthals, more commonly referred to as cavemen, generally wore simple outfits made from the hides and skins of animals. Neanderthals lived in many locations, including North America and later in Europe. read more

It’s likely that Neanderthals (which lived from about 130,000 to about 30,000 years ago in Europe) wore at least a variety of animal hides, made from any number of animals that they may have hunted, including deer, bear, horses, wolves, and wolverines. read more

The animals that were contemporaries with prehistoric humans include most of those that are alive today and those that have gone extinct during the million or so years that humans can be identified from the fossil records. read more