Neanderthal's Cozy Bedroom Unearthed

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By Jennifer Viegas

Anthropologists have unearthed the remains of an apparent Neanderthal cave sleeping chamber, complete with a hearth and nearby grass beds that might have once been covered with animal fur.

Neanderthals inhabited the cozy Late Pleistocene room, located within Esquilleu Cave in Cantabria, Spain, anywhere between 53,000 to 39,000 years ago, according to a Journal of Archaeological Science paper concerning the discovery.

Living the ultimate clean and literally green lifestyle, the Neanderthals appear to have constructed new beds out of grass every so often, using the old bedding material to help fuel the hearth.

"It is possible that the Neanderthals renewed the bedding each time they visited the cave," lead author Dan Cabanes told Discovery News.

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http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/neanderthal-bedroom-house.html

[Donnachaidh]

1. I was going to say it sounds like my son's room, but then they had to go blow that image

by saying it was CLEAN. :evilgrin:

[mikelgb]

2. wow I didn't realize the phrase "a roll in the hay" went back THAT far...

;)

[HereSince1628]

5. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:rofl:

[alsame]

3. Fascinating, thanks. nt

[xchrom]

4. Recommend

[formercia]

6. Join the French Foreign Legion and find out what sleeping on straw feels like

As late as 25 years ago and perhaps later, straw bedding was the standard for enlisted Legionnaires.

[ret5hd]

8. Any rural person that's taken care of sick/birthing livestock has done that.

[applegrove]

7. Cool!

[damntexdem]

9. Pimp my cave.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

10. Sarah Palin (Neanderthal) uses straw for he bed?

and changes it regularly?