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.