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Why did humans start wearing pants? To answer this question, it’s important to understand two things - first, what were the earliest forms of clothing and how they evolved into pants, and secondly, why did a need for pants develop? It is also helpful to define what is meant by pants - specifically a bifurcated garment for the bottom half of the body covering from waist to the lower leg.  This definition helps to differentiate from the earlier leggings that were often pieces of cloth or skins wrapped around the legs and then tied on with straps. Leggings were comprised of two separate garments. Ötzil the Ice Man, perhaps the most famous archaeological find of prehistoric human remains from the northern regions, was wearing leggings.