Why Did Humans Start Wearing Clothes?

Every morning you do something no other animal does: you get dressed. So when did humans start wearing clothes — and why? In this video: why humans lost their fur and became the sweatiest animals on Earth; how lice DNA reveals when clothing was invented; the lice we caught from gorillas; brain-tanned leather and 120,000-year-old hide tools; why Neanderthal clothes were different; the bone needle that changed everything; Inuit waterproof stitches; 34,000-year-old outfits with 5,000 ivory beads; 30,000-year-old dyed fibers; the oldest shoes ever found; the 5,000-year-old Tarkhan Dress; Tyrian purple made from 10,000 snails; silk smuggled in walking sticks; Inca cloth worth more than gold; ancient underwear and a Roman "bikini"; the first trousers; why the Greeks competed naked; laws about who could wear what; buttons, high heels for men, the lost history of pockets and the invention of jeans. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Intro: the animal that gets dressed 0:31 Why are humans naked? 1:54 Lice reveal when clothes were invented 2:29 The first clothes: skins and brain-tanned leather 3:26 Neanderthal capes 3:57 The needle that changed everything 4:56 Beads, status and 30,000-year-old dyes 6:12 The oldest shoes 6:53 Farming: linen, wool and the loom 7:38 The 5,000-year-old Tarkhan Dress 8:08 Purple: worth more than gold 8:52 Silk smuggled in walking sticks 9:20 Cotton and the Inca 9:54 Ancient underwear 10:31 Who invented trousers? 11:12 Shame, nudity and dress laws 12:07 Buttons, high heels and pockets 13:29 Jeans 13:44 One night in the frozen north 14:13 Why we really wear clothes ❄️ Watch next: How Did Ancient Humans Survive Freezing Winters? 👍 Like if you learned something new 🔔 Subscribe for more stories about how ancient humans really lived #AncientHumans #History #Clothing #Prehistoric #HumanEvolution