South America's oldest textiles identified with carbon dating

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 12:33 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Textiles and rope fragments found in a Peruvian cave have been dated to around 12,000 years ago, making them the oldest textiles ever found in South America, according to a new report.

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