A prehistoric method for tailoring clothes may be written in bone
A punctured bone fragment predates eyed needles in Western Europe by about 15,000 years
![A photo of a punctured animal bone fragment on a black background.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/041423_MP_punch-board_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A nearly 40,000-year-old punctured animal bone fragment (shown) found in Spain was a leatherwork punch board bearing holes from piercing animal hide, a new study suggests.
Francesco d'Errico and Luc Doyon