How ancient humans made their beds: 200,000-year-old grass reveals a prehistoric cleaning routine
- Long before houses, mattresses, and woven fabrics became part of daily life, humans were already creating dedicated places to sleep.
- Deep inside a South African cave, traces of ancient grass bedding have preserved a small but revealing detail of prehistoric life: our ancestors cared about where they rested.
- The remains suggest that hunter-gatherers were not simply sleeping on whatever the ground provided.
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- Long before houses, mattresses, and woven fabrics became part of daily life, humans were already creating dedicated places to sleep.
- Deep inside a South African cave, traces of ancient grass bedding have preserved a small but revealing detail of prehistoric life: our ancestors cared about where they rested.
- The remains suggest that hunter-gatherers were not simply sleeping on whatever the ground provided.
Sources: Times of India