Clothing, Adaptation, Economics

Among the vital Human needs, clothing is distinctive, because it is in immediate contact with an environment.  Hence, it must be adapted to an environment in ways not required of other vital needs, e. g. clothing must be specifically waterproofed against wet conditions, but any food eaten, though in a waterproof container, is the same as that eaten in dry conditions.  So, the versatility of clothing must correspond to the versatility of Human functioning.  Now, whether or not other species can function, as humans can, in  conditions that are as varied as hot, cold, dry, wet, etc., there seems to be none that can also do so extraterrestrially.   So, insofar as the principle of Human History is Evolutionist, i. e. the development of an unprecedented versatility, the production and consumption of clothing must be the foundation of an Evolutionist Economics.