An artist's impression of Stone Age humans wearing cave bear skins for protection from the cold.
Mandatory Credit:	Benoît Clarys

An artist's impression of Stone Age humans wearing cave bear skins for protection from the cold.
Mandatory Credit: Benoît Clarys

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Stone Age humans stepped out in cave bear fur 300,000 years ago

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered some of the earliest evidence of the use of clothing, with newly discovered cut marks on a cave bear paw suggesting the prehistoric animals were skinned for their fur some 300,000 years ago.