Old Stone AgeTechnology Clothing c. 170,000 years agoMajor Genetic dating of body lice suggests humans were wearing clothes by around this time. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Clothing Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentfloridamuseum.ufl.eduLice study dates first clothing at 170,000 years (Florida Museum of Natural History) ↗Editor's pickBookIan GilliganClimate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubewhen did humans start wearing clothes ↗Editor's pick