Nta gushidikanya ko silike ari ibintu byiza kandi byiza bikoreshwa nabakire muri societe. Mu myaka yashize, ikoreshwa ryayo mu musego, masike y'amaso na pajama, hamwe n'igitambara byakiriwe mu bice bitandukanye by'isi.

Nubwo ikunzwe, abantu bake gusa ni bo bumva aho imyenda ya silike ituruka.

Imyenda ya silike yatunganijwe bwa mbere mu Bushinwa bwa kera. Nyamara, ingero za kera za silikiri zikiriho zishobora kuboneka imbere ya fibroin ya proteine ​​ya silike mu ngero z’ubutaka zivuye mu mva ebyiri ziri ahitwa Neolithic ahitwa Jiahu muri Henan, guhera mu 85000.

Mu gihe cya Odyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, agerageza guhisha umwirondoro we, umugore we Penelope yabajijwe imyambarire y'umugabo we; yavuze ko yambaye ishati irabagirana nk'uruhu rw'igitunguru cyumye bivuga ubwiza buhebuje bw'igitambara.

Ingoma y'Abaroma yahaga agaciro cyane ubudodo. Bacuruzaga rero mubudodo buhenze cyane, aribwo budodo bwabashinwa.

Silk ni fibre nziza ya poroteyine; ibice byingenzi bigize protein fibre ya silk ni fibroin. Ibinyomoro by'udukoko tumwe na tumwe bitanga fibroine kugirango ikore coco. Kurugero, silike nziza ikungahaye iboneka muri cocoons ya livre ya silkorm ya tuteri yororerwa nuburyo bwa sericulture (kurerwa nubunyage).

Ubworozi bwa silkworm pupae bwatumye habaho ubucuruzi bwubudodo. Mubisanzwe barororerwa kubyara urudodo rwamabara yera, rukabura imyunyu ngugu hejuru. Kuri ubu, ubudodo ubu bukozwe mubwinshi mubikorwa bitandukanye.