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200 000 years ago, humans preferred to kip cozy – EurekAlert
Researchers in South Africa’s Border Cave have found evidence that people have been using grass bedding to create comfortable areas for sleeping and working on at least 200 000 years ago.

IMAGE: Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains. Panorama from drone images. A. Kruger
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Credit: A. Kruger
Researchers in South Africa’s Border Cave, a well-known archaeological site perched on a cliff between eSwatini (Swaziland) and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, have found evidence that people have been using grass bedding to create comfortable areas for sleeping and working on at least 200 000 years ago.
These beds, consisting of sheaves of grass of the broad-leafed Panicoideae su…
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