The sewn hide, cordage and needles show how Indigenous Americans used complex technology to survive the freezing temperatures ...

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It is the oldest known sewn clothing in the world.

Through carbon dating, researchers have ruled that the artifacts are between approximately 11,700 and 12,900 years old, a time when Ice Age temperatures had returned after a brief warm period.