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Earliest Human Beds Found In South Africa

Posted by samzenpus on from the earliest-to-bed dept.

sciencehabit writes "A team working in South Africa claims to have found the earliest known sleeping mats, made of plant material and dated up to 77,000 years ago—50,000 years earlier than previous evidence for human bedding. These early mattresses apparently were even specially prepared to be resistant to mosquitoes and other insects."

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  1. Re:77,000 years? Bah! by cosm · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Going through his comment history is almost like reading satire, which pulled me in. Then I realized every single post is the same satire. Then I realized he's probably not being satirical.

    I've got to stop feeding these things.

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    'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF