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Published online 17 February 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/457945a
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Rethinking silk's origins
Did the Indian subcontinent start spinning without Chinese know-how?
New findings suggest that silk making was not an exclusively Chinese technological innovation, but instead arose independently on the Indian subcontinent.
Ornaments from the Indus valley in east Pakistan, where the Harappan culture flourished more than 4,000 years ago, seem to contain silk spun by silk moths native to the region.
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- 18 Feb, 2009
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