Archaeologists
have found the world's oldest bed in South Africa and it's 50,000 years
older than any bedding ever found. The 77,000-year-old bedding, which
was made with medicinal plants, shows how creative our ancestors could
be.
Imagine the
thought process of an ancient human. Sleeping on the ground for years
probably made for a straight back but didn't do well for a comfortable
sleep (or other bedroom activities). Who was the genius who laid a bunch
of leaves to give him a wee more comfort. Did he or she get made fun
of? Or were they lauded as genius. So many questions!
The
archaeologists discovered a stack of these ancient beds that consisted
of "compacted stems and leaves of sedges, rushes and grasses stacked in
at least 15 layers within a chunk of sediment 10 feet thick." Basically,
the bedding was made from leaves. More comfortable than the ground,
right? Most of the plant remains used in ancient bedding were that of
Cryptocarya, a plant species that also holds medicinal purposes and
keeps mosquitos away. The discovery of using such a plant goes to show
that not only were early humans savvy and resourceful, they loved a
good's night rest just as much as we do. [Live Science via Geekosystem]
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