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Mike V: 200 000 year old beds found in KZN

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A research team at Border Cave in Northern KZN have made a remarkable discovery - evidence that people have been using grass as bedding for the last 200 000 years. Mike V was intrigued by this story - how is it possible to tell that grassy remnants are hundreds of thousands of years old? How did these early modern humans live? Professor Lyn Wadley of Wits University, a researcher at the site, took Mike inside this wonderful discovery
1 Sep 2020 English South Africa Entertainment News · Society & Culture

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