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World’s Oldest Bed? Archeologists Discover Traces of Mattress Used in Stone Age 200,000 Years Ago – International Business Times, Singapore Edition
Ancient humans used grass to prepare beds and ashes made from charred aromatic plants to repel bed bugs in Border Cave of South Africa
When it comes to Stone Age trivia, the first thing that comes to mind is how tough the lives were of early humans. They lived in caves with no comfort and hunting or being hunted were their daily routines. But not all the assumptions are correct.
Archaeologists recently discovered traces of mattress from a South African cave that dates back about 200,000 years old to suggest that they also sought comfort and smartly designed too. They used grass and ashes to soften the bed and keep bedbugs away…
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