Long before basic sewing needle options evolved as “sharps” or “betweens,” cave-era folks simply threaded bone shard and animal horn with sinew or plant fiber to stitch animal skins into outerwear.

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. >> The instructor stood at the back of the room facing a bright projection screen while the students sat in two rows of desks placed on either side of the projector’s bright light.

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