77,000-year-old evidence for 'bedding' and use of medicinal plants uncovered at South African rock shelter

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 16:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An international team of researchers has discovered the earliest evidence for the intentional construction of plant "bedding." The 77,000-year-old evidence for preserved plant bedding and the use of insect-repelling plants was discovered in a rock shelter in South Africa.

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