# University of Florida, ‘Humans First Wore Clothes 170,000 Years Ago’, 2011 > [!cite] > University of Florida. ‘Lice DNA Study Shows Humans First Wore Clothes 170,000 Years Ago’. ScienceDaily. 7 January 2011, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110106164616.htm. > [!abstract] > A new study following the evolution of lice shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa. --- ‘The data shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 70,000 years before migrating into colder climates and higher latitudes, which began about 100,000 years ago. This date would be virtually impossible to determine using archaeological data because early clothing would not survive in archaeological sites.’ [[University of Florida, ‘Humans First Wore Clothes 170,000 Years Ago’, 2011|(University of Florida 2011, n.p.)]] ^b3bda7 ‘The study also shows humans started wearing clothes well after they lost body hair, which genetic skin-coloration research pinpoints at about 1 million years ago, meaning humans spent a considerable amount of time without body hair and without clothing …’ [[University of Florida, ‘Humans First Wore Clothes 170,000 Years Ago’, 2011|(University of Florida 2011, n.p.)]]