Baby Carriers Were Used 10,000 Years Ago – New Evidence

A traditional Nez Perce cradleboard (1911).  A traditional Nez Perce cradleboard (1911). Native American baby of the Nez Perce tribe, photographed by Edward S. Curtis, 1911. A child carrier, especially ones resembling those of Native Americans, is sometimes referred to as a Papoose. Image credit:  Edward S. Curtis -Public Domain

It seems logical enough: even in their earliest history, humans must have needed something to carry their babies around in as they moved from place to place.

But because little hard evidence of this exists—no infant-sling fabrics discernible in archeological digs, and very few prehistoric baby burials, besides—it’s been anybody’s guess that the practice actually took place.

Now, however, new research by a team of Université de Montréal scientists argues for evidence of the use of baby carriers about 10,000 years ago, throwing light on how children were cared for in prehistory and how they were linked socially to their community.

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